Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
2026-05-30T08:52:01Z•50875e2f499d7ad8bdee31e0cfe2dc47ce3f18c44334283044cfb693e06a6fc4
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What happened
This Ars Technica security feed aggregates numerous high-impact incidents from Apr–May 2026: a 17M+ device botnet tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network was dismantled; a developer added a destructive prompt-injection payload into jqwik; researchers demonstrated a browser-side SSD activity side channel via JavaScript; a critical "BadHost" vulnerability was found in the widely used Starlette package threatening AI agents; law enforcement intercepted a VPN used by criminals and seized infrastructure; a controversial lawsuit alleged WhatsApp lacks end-to-end encryption; TeamPCP carried‑
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