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More than 250 customers of a popular and powerful online attack-for-hire service that was dismantled by authorities in 2018 are expected to face legal action for the damage they caused, according to europol, the european union's law enforcement agency. Aside from offering ddos-for-hire service, the entity behind zullsec has also compromised a website and currently uses it to host malware. Aside from the obvious threat of increased cybercrime, a key danger of widespread access to extremely capable ddos services is the growth of a whole new class of cyber-criminals: numerous attackers who require very little knowledge, preparation and resources to cause a high degree of damage. Last week we looked at reports from china and israel about a new internet of things” malware strain called reaper” that researchers said infected more than a million organizations by targeting newfound security weaknesses in countless internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorders (dvrs)....