luke.hughes@futurenet.com (Luke Hughes) / TechRadar
Microsoft uncovers DDoS campaign targeting Minecraft servers – A simple technique is capable of bringing down half the worlds Minecraft servers, Microsoft says. Microsoft researchers have discovered a Windows-Linux botnet taking down Minecraft servers in highly efficient DDoS attacks. As reported by ArsTechnica, the MCCrash botnet sends a command that populates the user name input dialog box in …