Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
2026-05-05T19:23:38Z•87b6617bab8ee1f6d88eb862e600501f79ab3aa45a293c2f2eb0fa175e918321
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What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports (Mar–Apr 2026) describing multiple high-impact cyber incidents: a Brazilian anti‑DDoS firm was implicated in enabling a botnet used to attack Brazilian ISPs; a senior member of the Scattered Spider group pleaded guilty for SMS/phishing-enabled intrusions and crypto theft; Microsoft and other vendors released urgent patches (Microsoft April Patch Tuesday: 167 fixes including a SharePoint Server zero‑day and a Windows Defender issue dubbed “BlueHammer”; Chrome and Adobe also patched actively exploited zero‑days); Russian state‑linked actors exploited legacy/
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- krebs_on_security
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- 87b6617bab8ee1f6d88eb862e600501f79ab3aa45a293c2f2eb0fa175e918321
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- 2026-05-05T19:23:38Z
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- Yes
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