Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
2026-05-01T01:23:30Z•6c86cbb9d0408a76b2e30d1da5b8a1678f51b4092cc21cd0d2f4062871727063
Adobe Reader RCEAisuruDDoSGandCrabGoogle Chrome zero‑dayIoT botnetsJackSkidKimwolfMicrosoft Office tokensMicrosoft Patch TuesdayMossadREvilSIM‑swap/smishingScattered SpiderSharePoint zero‑dayWindows Defender BlueHammeranti‑DDoS abusebotnetdoxing','CanisterWorm','wiper','Iran targeting','Stryker attack'identity theftransomwarerouter compromisetoken harvestingvulnerabilitieswire fraud
What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents and disclosures across April–March 2026: a Brazilian anti‑DDoS vendor was found enabling a botnet used to launch massive DDoS attacks against ISPs; U.S./allied authorities disrupted four large IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had compromised ~3M devices; Russian-linked actors exploited legacy router flaws to harvest Microsoft Office authentication tokens from ~18,000 networks; a Scattered Spider member pleaded guilty to SIM/text‑phishing operations that led to major account takeovers and crypto theft; German authorities identified and doxxed “
Why it matters
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- 6c86cbb9d0408a76b2e30d1da5b8a1678f51b4092cc21cd0d2f4062871727063
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- 2026-05-01T01:23:30Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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