Re: Hypothesis regarding recent DDoS attacks

Yes, admittedly I was a little late on this, but ask yourself: If chumps
like those could use
that site, who else is using it? Aerith? whoever hacked sony? maybe even
the attacks on North Korea?

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Hadi Nahari <hnahari@nvidia.com> wrote:

>  Apparently one of them is already apprehended in the U.K. per Krebs:
>
>  http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/lizard-kids-a-long-trail-of-fail/
>
> -Hadi
>
> On Dec 31, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Zijyfe Duufop <zdoofop@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   probably should be clearer:
>     *Michael Nieves* @*virus* <https://twitter.com/virus>
>
> These @*LizardMafia* <https://twitter.com/LizardMafia> chumps ripped
> their "stresser" code from http://titaniumstresser.net
> <http://t.co/BlL1YZSzXz> #*LizardSquad*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/LizardSquad?src=hash> #*LizardMafia*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/LizardMafia?src=hash>
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Zijyfe Duufop <zdoofop@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> update:  It appears I was mostly correct: titaniumstresser.net
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Zijyfe Duufop <zdoofop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, my mistake.  In my first message I didn't mean new tech as in
>>> gadgets, more like an app or program with the specs I gave.  If I am
>>> correct, all we would have to do would be to find this new
>>> website/program/app and destroy it.  I know it's a lot easier said than
>>> done, but I thought I'd put it out there.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Zijyfe Duufop <zdoofop@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I understand.  You started off with saying they are easy
>>>> enough already and then went off on a tangent.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Colin Gallagher <
>>>> colingallagher.rpcv@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You're not missing much. I bet you have already seen the Norse
>>>>> visualizations. What's bothersome is these attacks are so easy to pull off
>>>>> that it's not even a "man-children" or "internet of things" attribution. So
>>>>> the cost of association of a person or a group with a non-event becomes so
>>>>> low that the fruit is lower hanging for most Tor devs to let players keep
>>>>> playing them for attention that comes to Tor, rather that focusing on
>>>>> silently addressing node and certificate authority issue problems. Which
>>>>> they are, but with a sort of exaggerated sense of denial about the ongoing
>>>>> attacks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Watch and get free entertainment as some dude from Mega throws
>>>>> bazillions of credits around to "MAKE IT STOP" and then the hacks resume
>>>>> again after money is received. Sad.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I've pointed out before the reason I wouldn't agree to participate
>>>>> in Web Payments group or its conf calls was the ludicrous CLA which in many
>>>>> ways literally said, "If you call in, all your ideas are belong to us
>>>>> forever." Kind of like .... SONY
>>>>>
>>>>> so obv I never called in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Basically:
>>>>> These firms / nonprofits (often tainted by too much exposure to the
>>>>> infobleedment industry, eg Sony, Mega, Tor, etc) release funds to keep the
>>>>> hacks going a bit longer. To get attention in a market that is getting
>>>>> tougher (hell, look at slur.io's model - and they'll be gone soon
>>>>> because they don't publish keys for gpg etc). The cybercybercyber attacks
>>>>> (past few days mostly between US, China, with Russians watching and eating
>>>>> popcorn according to NORSE) made ppl run around in circles in low places,
>>>>> like Hollywood, White House, and a local garbage incinerator.
>>>>>
>>>>> I love my privacy (even tho I am contacting you today via gmail) but
>>>>> for serious comnunications I use open source and serious crypto, not this
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok ciao... happy new year
>>>>>  On Dec 27, 2014 4:35 PM, "Zijyfe Duufop" <zdoofop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   Something occured to me recently:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  As you know, there has been a rash of DDoS attacks on pretty much
>>>>>> everything from XBox to North Korea.  From what I understand, different
>>>>>> hacker groups are claiming responsibility for nearly every single attack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Now, it occurs to me that the possibility that a bunch of hackers
>>>>>> starting to form groups at around the same time is highly unlikely.
>>>>>> However, there is another interesting, and more likely explanation: new
>>>>>> tech.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  This tech would have to make DDoS so easy, your grandmother could do
>>>>>> it.  It would have to be affordable, reliable, adaptable, and known
>>>>>> throughout the hacker community, but not necessarily to the general
>>>>>> public.  It would have to be run through a server in such a way that not
>>>>>> one of the attacks used can be linked.  And, most importantly, it would
>>>>>> have to be intelligent enough to find a weak link in the destination and
>>>>>> exploit it.  If I am correct, then man-children in basements everywhere are
>>>>>> trying to glorify themselves by taking down high profile targets and then
>>>>>> boasting about it in a way that makes them seem bigger than they are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Am I completely wrong?  Am I missing something?  Is this not even
>>>>>> news?  Why do I feel like this is too obvious?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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