Security researchers have discovered a newly launched DDoS protection filter mechanism dubbed EndGame advertised on the dark web community forum Dread.
According to a blog post by Digital Shadows, the new tool in the armoury of cybercriminals looks like a collaboration from many parts of the dark web to create a solution for an ongoing problem that many criminal forums have been experiencing – many are frequently knocked offline by rival threat actors or law enforcement trying to disable the platform.
EndGame basically works as an anti-DDoS measure for Dark Web sites, so for cybercriminals - especially Dark Web marketplace owners - it's going to offer a degree of protection against DDoS attacks as they cannot use the anti-DDoS measures frequently deployed by their targets.
According to a spokesperson, although the tool is designed to prevent scammers/bots/DDoS events, this likely applies to both other cybercriminals but also law enforcement agencies who may try and impact the availability of a platform to get a service shut down.
“Whilst there is no evidence to substantiate this currently, it is spoken about across the dark web as a likely tactic of law enforcement. Therefore in the short-term, those attempting to prevent cybercrime are likely to be impacted as they may have to adjust tactics/mechanisms to circumvent the measures put in place, but as this appears to only be in effect on a small subset of platforms, only time will tell if this becomes a consistent issue if more platforms utilise the toolset,” the spokesperson said.
According to Digital Shadows, it is hard to determine what the ramifications maybe for the industry in general, if any.
“If the toolset i ..
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