Xbox Live Players Targeted In Denial-of-Service Attacks 77
The BBC reports on a growing trend where some Xbox Live players are launching denial-of-service attacks against those who beat them or otherwise irritate them in games. Quoting:
"'The smart thing about these Xbox tools is that they do not attack the Xbox Live network itself,' [Chris Boyd, director of malware research at Facetime Communications said.] He said the tools work by exploiting the way that the Xbox Live network is set up. Game consoles connecting to the Xbox network send data via the net, and for that it needs an IP address. Even better, said Mr Boyd, games played via Xbox Live are not hosted on private servers. The tools mean anyone with a few dollars can boot rivals off Xbox Live. 'Instead,' he said, 'a lot of games on Xbox Live are hosted by players.' ... For $20 (£13) some Xbox Live hackers will remotely access a customer's PC and set up the whole system so it can be run any time they need it. Some offer low rates to add compromised machines to a botnet and increase the amount of data flooding a particular IP address."
The victims are the winners.. (Score:5, Funny)
When I beat someone so badly that they have to resort to those sorts of tactics, I feel like the winner. If that happened to me I would brag for years how I had beaten 1337d00d94 so badly that he had to DDOS me.
$20? You cang et it for free (Score:4, Funny)
Re:$20? You cang et it for free (Score:3, Funny)
Re:$20? You cang et it for free (Score:3, Funny)
And yet the links always get slashdotted. I suppose it's like New York City, where no drives on account of all the traffic.
Re:Private servers (Score:3, Funny)
Xboxes (or is it Xboxs?)
Xboxen?
Took them long enough. (Score:4, Funny)
The new XBox 360 logo (Score:3, Funny)