When turned against an Xbox owner, it can mean they cannot connect to the Live network and effectively throws them out of the game. When turned against a website this flood of traffic can overwhelm it or make it unresponsive to legitimate visitors. The flood of data is generated by a group of hijacked home computers, a botnet, that have fallen under the control of a malicious hacking group. One of the most popular for the Xbox Live specialists is the Denial of Service attack which floods an IP address with vast amounts of data. If hackers can discover the IP address of whoever is hosting a game they can employ many of the attacks that have been used for years against websites, said Mr Boyd. "Instead," he said, "a lot of games on Xbox Live are hosted by players." The tools mean anyone with a few dollars can boot rivals off Xbox Live Game consoles connecting to the Xbox network send data via the net, and for that it needs an IP address.Įven better, said Mr Boyd, games played via Xbox Live are not hosted on private servers. He said the tools work by exploiting the way that the Xbox Live network is set up. "The smart thing about these Xbox tools is that they do not attack the Xbox Live network itself," he said. "There's been a definite increase in the amount of people talking about and distributing these things over the last three to four weeks," said Chris Boyd, director of malware research at Facetime Communications. Microsoft is "investigating" the use of the tools and said those caught using them would be banned from Xbox Live. The attackers are employing data flooding tools that have been used against websites for many years. The booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game. Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network.
Halo 3 players are a popular target for the Xbox attacks
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