Black Hat USA 2013 Spy Jacking the Booters

By: Brian Krebs Lance James It s become commonplace for security reporters and providers of security technologies to find themselves targets of hackers wrath, especially when they put criminal activity under the spotlight. Earlier this year, Brian Krebs had done some work to expose a booter service. Like other public security figures, he found himself the target of repeated DDoS attacks. In Brian s case, this culminated in a SWATting attack a surprise visit by dozens of heavily armed police at hi