How hard is it to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack? Arguably, the hacktivist collective Anonymous has made launching DDoS attacks look easy, due to its high-profile DDoS campaigns ...
The DDoS tool being used by Anonymous at the moment is called the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), named after a weapon from Command & Conquer. LOIC has been effective in past campaigns, however, the tool ...
Some of you didn’t like a story my pal George V. Hulme wrote for CSO on a tool called LOIC (the Low Orbit Ion Cannon) and how it goes to show the simplicity with which anyone can launch a DDoS these ...