Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices

Multiple high-impact cyber developments: the U.S. Justice Department disrupted four large botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad) that had hijacked roughly 3 million devices and enabled thousands of attacks; reporting highlights continued law‑enforcement crackdowns on large‑scale botnets. Related coverage notes active exploitation concerns — a string of Cisco SD‑WAN and firewall vulnerabilities with potential prior compromise, and a second iOS exploit kit (DarkSword) reportedly used by suspected Russian actors possibly leveraging government‑developed tooling. Other notable items: a U.S.