Dutch authorities gave a final warning to more than a dozen customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website, letting them know that continued cyber offenses lead to prosecution. The ...

The past few years have witnessed a rapid proliferation of cheap, Web-based services that troublemakers can hire to knock virtually any person or site offline for hours on end. Such services succeed ...

Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire businesses attempt to hide their true identities and location. Proprietors of these so-called “booter” or “stresser” services — designed to knock websites and ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. Several seizure warrants ...

U.S. officials say they have seized dozens of domains linked to some of the world’s leading distributed-denial-of-service-for-hire websites. But TechCrunch found that several of the seized sites are ...

A man who, as a teenager, operated illegal 'booter' services that disable websites has been sentenced to more than a year in prison. Sergiy P. Usatyuk, 21, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison ...

EXPLAINED: What is a DDoS attack? Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study. Presented at the Black Hat security conference the ...

A leaked database from a hacked denial-of-service site has provided some insight into what sorts of targets individuals will pay to knock offline for a few dollars or bitcoin. And it's safe to say ...

Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study. Presented at the Black Hat security conference the study scrutinised so-called ...