Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
2026-05-06T13:23:33Z•7ffc9a7749b35b8a39f5591c497d8badb51c7ed89be627165a53d1991b840cc4
DDoSGandCrabIoTIranMicrosoft Office tokensPatch TuesdayREvilRussiaScattered SpiderStrykeranti‑DDoSbotnetcredential theftcybercrimeextortionnation-stateransomwarerouter compromisevulnerabilitieswiperzero-day
What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports (Mar–Apr 2026) covering multiple high-impact incidents: a Brazilian anti‑DDoS firm implicated in enabling large DDoS campaigns; disruption of four major IoT botnets responsible for record DDoS attacks; Russian state‑linked compromise of older routers to harvest Microsoft Office authentication tokens; zero‑day and high‑severity vulnerability patches in Microsoft, Chrome and Adobe (April Patch Tuesday); wiper and ransomware activity targeting Iran and global victims (CanisterWorm, Stryker); doxxing of a former REvil/GandCrab leader; and a guilty plea by a Sc
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 7ffc9a7749b35b8a39f5591c497d8badb51c7ed89be627165a53d1991b840cc4
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-06T13:23:33Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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