Brian Krebs

Type: Person

Name: Brian Krebs

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Report: DDoS service as a legitimate, FBI-approved business

US security blogger Brian Krebs writes[1] about a service that is relatively new, at least to the general public: DDoS attacks. Apparently, one enterprising "stress tester" discovered by Krebs even told the blogger that he was working for the FBI.The ... [Published Heise Security - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Brian Krebs, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 4 reports

DDoS-for-hire service is legal and even lets FBI peek in, says a guy with an attorney

AÂ posting from Naked Security aboutÂ DDoS-for-hire service is legal: Â Paying a site to DDoS other sites is perfectly legal, the proprietor behind one such outfitÂ told security journalist Brian Krebs.Besides which, he says, his service, called RageBooter, ... [Published SecurityOrb.com - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Brian Krebs, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, WHOIS, Poland

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The 1 Million Dollars Frontier Town Robbery

Leavenworth is a small town in the west-coast state of Washington. Starting as a couple of roads parallel to the new railroad tracks set in the late 19th century by the Great Northern Railway company, it was fashioned after a Bavarian village and became ... [Published Finextra Research - May 21 2013]

Entities: Brian Krebs, Robbery, Armed Robbery, Siobhan Gorman

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

PayPal

Legitimate online services enable DDoS-attacks-for-hire sites

A recent expose shines a light onto the strange world of "booter" or "stressor" web sites which offer DDoS-attacks-for-hireMay 20, 2013, 9:17 PM Image credit: flickr/dullhunk Is an online payment giant Paypal unwittingly enabling DDoS attacks? That's ... [Published ITworld.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: CloudFlare Inc, Brian Krebs, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, PayPal

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hire DDoS attack service 'legal' and connected to FBI

A website that can be described as "DDoS for hire" is perfectly legitimate, according to the owner. Considering the FBI secretly monitoring the site's customers through a backdoor, is that the end of the story?Ragebooter.net is one of many sites that ... [Published ZDNet - May 20 2013]

Entities: FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, Brian Krebs

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Consistent cybersecurity training a must to meet evolving threats

As if cybercriminals' computer skills didn't make them crafty enough -- taking a page from IT organizations -- some hackers have upped their game by adding business acumen to their resumes. In this week's lead item, cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs sheds ... [Published CIO Decisions - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cyber Security, Brian Krebs, Threat, Computer Hacker

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

FIS Inc

Cruising to EMV eventuality?

Tags: EMV, Security, Skimming / Fraud, Transaction ProcessingIn the summer of 2009 Margo and I enjoyed a Baltic cruise. For me, the most interesting port of call was St. Petersburg, Russia. Long considered the "other Venice," the city's network of canals ... [Published ATMmarketplace.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: FIS Inc, RAKBANK National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, Bank Muscat SAOG

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

DDOS Services Advertised as “Network Stressers”

Distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks are often in the news and since Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters started launching such attacks against US financial institutions, even less tech savvy users know what they are.However, not everyone knows ... [Published Softpedia - May 13 2013]

Entities: DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, Brian Krebs, Mark Rasch, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, Database

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Jihadis, criminal hackers planning mega cyber attacks on US websites

Washington, May 7 (ANI): Criminal cyber hackers from the Middle East and North Africa have joined hands to plan for cyber attacks against the websites of U.S. government agencies, banks and other companies, according to the Department of Homeland Sec ... [Published TruthDive - May 07 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Computer Hacker, jihadist, OpUSA, Criminal

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

DHS On May 7 Attacks: 'More Bark Than Bite'

Highly regarded security blogger Brian Krebs – citing a confidential U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo – has suggested that the threatened May 7 DDoS attacks against the United States may prove to be “more bark than bite.”Krebs quoted the memo ... [Published Credit Union Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: Brian Krebs, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, Computer Hacker, Project Blitzkrieg, Money Center Banks

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Dutchman Arrested Over Spamhaus DDoS Attack

Although the arrestee hasn't been officially identified, it appears to be CyberBunker's Sven Olaf Kamphuis.ShareThe Netherlands' Public Prosecution Service recently announced that a 35-year-old Dutchman, identified only as "SK," has been arrested in Barcelona ... [Published E-Security Planet - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: The Spamhaus Project, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, Brian Krebs

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 3 reports

The Redkit malware exploit gang has a message for security blogger Brian Krebs

Over 170,000 people are part of the Sophos community on Facebook. Why not to find out about the latest security threats. Don't show me this againHi fellow Twitter user! Follow our on Twitter for the latest news about internet security threats. Don't show ... [Published Sophos Anti Virus - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Brian Krebs, Sophos Inc, Security, Malware

Quotes

...However, only minutes after the conversation with the FBI, the booter cut his contact to Krebs, saying: "i have been asked to block you. have a nice day."

Report: DDoS service as a legitimate, FBI-approved business [Published Heise Security - 1 hour ago]

It's "a public service on a public connection to other public servers" , the operator of RageBooter told Brian Krebs, and if sites don't like getting their socks knocked off in DDoS attacks, they should fix recursive DNS...

DDoS-for-hire service is legal and even lets FBI peek in, says a guy with an attorney [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 21 2013]

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