Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server 'booter shells', mitigation firm Prolexic . ‘Booter shells ...

Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server ‘booter shells’, mitigation firm Prolexic has warned.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Late last year, an attacker known as "Matrix" orchestrated a large-scale distributed ...

SANS Internet Storm Center reports attacks against SMTP servers using Shellshock exploits to create a DDoS botnet. The persistence of the Shellshock vulnerability remains high more than a month after ...