DDoS

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2015
Young man arrested in UK for attacks on Xbox live and PSN online services

SEROCU unit in a joint operation with the FBI arrested a man accused to have been involved in the DDoS attack of Sony Playstation and Xbox systems. The British Police in collaboration with the FBI has arrested a 18-year-old boy that is suspected to have participated to the DDoS attacks on the PlayStation Network and Xbox […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2015
Lizard Stresser hacking tool relies on compromised home routers

Security expert Brian Krebs and a research team discovered that the Lizard Stresser DDoS tool relies on compromised Home Routers. Over the holidays the Lizard Squad team knocked out the networks of Sony PSN and Microsoft Xbox live service using a tool they have designed to run DDoS attacks. The tool is dubbed Lizard Stresser and according to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2015
Denmark Plans to Invest $75 Million towards Empowering its Cyber Control

Denmark decided to invest $75 million by 2017 towards getting offensive cyber division and protecting the country against cyber attacks and hostile targets. Investing in a more offensive system regarding cyber control and attacks is of paramount importance for Denmark. $75 million will have been placed to such a cause by 2017, shielding Denmark and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2015
UK police arrested alleged Lizard Squad member

A member of the Lizard Squad hacking group that shutdown the Play Station Network and the Xbox live service networks has been arrested by the UK police. In these days, we have followed the news related to hacking team known as the Lizard Squad who became famous for having ruined Christmas for millions of users of PSN […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2014
Anonymous hacked Swedish government email accounts in retaliation for the seizure of Pirate Bay servers

Members of the Anonymous collective have hacked several Swedish government email accounts over seizure of The Pirate Bay servers. Many cyber security experts consider hacktivists as a threat that is swarming, but it’s my opinion it is a serious error to underestimate their capabilities and the Stratfor case is probably the most blatant demonstration of their […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2014
Sony Pictures Entertainment is fighting back

Sony Pictures is adopting various measures to contains damages including a “fighting back” activity against website that share the stolen data. We will talk about the Sony Pictures data breach for a long time, the cyber attacks conducted by the GOP hacking team is causing serious damages to the company. It is early to estimate the overall economic impact […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2014
Lizard Squad launches DDoS attack also on PlayStation network

Lizard Squad claims to have hacked also Sony PlayStation Network that suffered a DDoS attack. A week ago the hacking team known as the Lizard Squad brought down the Xbox Live online service with a DDoS attack. Microsoft users were not able to access the online platform for several hours, the service has several problems […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2014
Xbox Live service down again due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad

Xbox Live online service was not available for the second time in a few days due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad hacking team. Just a week ago the hacking team Lizard Squad has hit the Xbox Live service with a DDoS attack that caused its interruption.  The Microsoft’s Xbox Live servers were not […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2014
Xbox Live service brought down by a DDoS attack run by The Lizard Squad team

Xbox Live online service was not available overnight after hackers belonging to the  Lizard Squad hacking team hit it with a DDoS attack. Last night the Microsoft Xbox Live’s online service was interrupted, after Sony Pictures another company suffered a major cyber attack. This time the Xbox Live service was hit by a severe DDoS attack that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2014
How hackers are exploiting vulnerable DVRs to conduct illegal activities

Security experts discovered a new malware that targets DVR and other Internet of Things devices recruiting them for different illegal activities. DVR, abbreviation for Digital Video Recorders systems, from Hikvision firm are affected by vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to hack them remotely. Digital Video Recorders are systems used to record surveillance footage of office buildings and […]