The Lizard Squad , a band of young hooligans that recently became Internet famous for launching crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the largest online gaming networks, is now advertising own Lizard-branded DDoS-for-hire service.
Banks: Card Breach at Some Chick-fil-A’s
Sources at several U.S.
Target Hackers Hit OneStopParking.com
Parking services have taken a beating this year at the hands of hackers bent on stealing credit and debit card data. This week’s victim — onestopparking.com — comes compliments of the same organized crime gang thought to be responsible for stealing tens of millions of card numbers from shoppers at Target and Home Depot . Late last week, the cybercrime shop best known for being the first to sell cards stolen in the Target and Home Depot breach moved a new batch of cards taken from an unknown online merchant.
Happy 5th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!
It’s hard to believe, but KrebsOnSecurity turns five years old today! How time flies! Probably the most rewarding part about being an independent reporter (for my part, anyway) is watching your readership grow and mature into a community that not only adds perspective and balance but also helps educate other readers. I’m very proud of the community that’s sprung up around this site, and I’m extremely grateful for all of the support and encouragement from you, Dear Reader. A few dozen readers have sent PayPal or Bitcoin donations, but most have supported this site with their time, expertise and tips (keep those coming, please).
Who’s in the Lizard Squad?
The core members of a group calling itself “Lizard Squad” — which took responsibility for attacking Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft ‘s Xbox networks and knocking them offline for Christmas Day — want very much to be recognized for their actions. So, here’s a closer look at two young men who appear to be anxious to let the world know they are closely connected to the attacks. Kim Dotcom offers Lizard Squad members vouchers to stop the attack
Cowards Attack Sony PlayStation, Microsoft xBox Networks
A gaggle of young misfits that has long tried to silence this Web site now is taking credit for preventing millions of users from playing Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox Live games this holiday season. The group, which calls itself LizardSquad , started attacking the gaming networks on or around Christmas Day.
Christmas Week Active Directory Task
There are far too many administrators who must work the week of Christmas. They are there to ensure that the network is running and the company is still making money.
Payday Loan Network Sold Info to Scammers
The Federal Trade Commission announced this week it is suing a consumer data broker that sold payday loan application data to scammers who used the information to pull money out of consumer bank accounts. The scam brings to mind an underground identity theft service I wrote about in 2012 that was gathering its data from a network of payday loan sites.
2014 Security Year in Review
Whew! Thank goodness 2014 is over! Well, at least if you are considering the year’s security issues, attacks, leaks, and password issues . As a security and Windows Active Directory professional, I feel like I have earned the right and it is the appropriate time to say, “I told you so.” Let me put this into perspective, to prove my point. 2014 financial services firms – $20.8 million lost to breaches 2014 tech companies – $14.5 million lost to breaches 2014 communication providers – $12.7 million lost to breaches Ebay – 150 million user accounts compromised due to phishing attacks, users asked to change password immediately Home Depot – 56 million credit cards compromised US Post Office – 800,000 employees’ confidential data breached Unfortunately, there are many , many more that could be listed
ADAudit Plus Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Winner
Talk about a wonderful holiday gift: Leading Windows security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, recently announced that ManageEngine ADAudit Plus was voted the winner in the Network Auditing category of the 2014 WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards . Better still, ADAudit Plus garnered 25 percent of the votes cast. To put that in perspective, we received almost twice as many votes as the first runner-up.