Cowards Attack Sony Play Station, Microsoft xBox Networks
Summary: A group calling itself LizardSquad took credit for distributed denial-of-service attacks that began on or around Christmas Day 2014 and kept millions of users off Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox Live. Krebs reports the group launched the attacks for amusement, using compromised and misconfigured systems to flood the gaming networks with junk traffic, and that LizardSquad ties to the Darkode crime forum include requiring new members to knock KrebsOnSecurity.com offline for at least 30 minutes as a proof of skill.
Key Takeaway: The attacks relied on tens of millions of compromised and misconfigured systems, and Akamai found most of the malicious sources were Windows IIS servers sitting inside legitimate companies in entertainment, banking, hosting, SaaS, and consulting. The tools and instructions to launch such assaults are widely available, so the exposed server in your own estate is the raw material for someone else's attack.
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