Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada

KrebsOnSecurity collection (Mar–May 2026) documents a string of high-impact cyber incidents: arrest of an alleged Kimwolf IoT botnet operator tied to massive DDoS, a contractor-leaked stash of highly privileged AWS GovCloud and internal CISA credentials on public GitHub, and a widespread Canvas data‑extortion incident threatening ~275M student/faculty records. Multiple patch rounds from major vendors fixed large numbers of vulnerabilities including publicly disclosed and actively exploited zero‑days (Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Defender “BlueHammer”, Google Chrome, Adobe Reader). Additional,