Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
2026-05-30T20:51:48Z•0136dedc7f37989e1e9326a38438ca7a2e659fa1b580c98b7de895250595818b
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What happened
A string of high-impact security incidents reported by Ars Technica in May 2026: a 17+ million-device botnet tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network; multiple large-scale supply‑chain compromises and backdoors (Daemon Tools, TeamPCP attacks, element-data credential‑stealing); critical vulnerabilities and exploit disclosures affecting widely used software (a critical "BadHost" issue in Starlette, a zero‑day that defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections, a Chromium exploit published with proof‑of‑concept, and a severe new Linux threat called CopyFail); large credential exposures
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- arstechnica_security
- Record identifier
- 0136dedc7f37989e1e9326a38438ca7a2e659fa1b580c98b7de895250595818b
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-30T20:51:48Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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