Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
2026-03-23T01:23:27Z•a69ad2cd9c45c18750bf86611fef17a349ca3f5c92fd53c8330038c61934b998
AI assistants/securityAisuruBadbox 2.0DDoSI2P anonymity networkIoT botnetsIran-backed threat actorsJackSkidKimwolfMFA bypassMicrosoft Patch TuesdayMossadScattered Lapsus/ShinyHuntersStarkillerbotnet takedowndoxinginternational law enforcementphishing-as-a-serviceswattingvulnerabilitieswiper malwarezero-day
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity feed summarizing a series of high-impact cyber incidents and trends: U.S., Canadian and German authorities disrupted the infrastructure behind four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had compromised over three million devices and powered record DDoS attacks. Coverage includes Kimwolf-specific reporting (botmaster “Dort”, doxing, swatting, and use of I2P for resilience), claims of a destructive wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker by Iran-linked actors, and analysis of a stealthy phishing-as-a-service called “Starkiller” that proxies real sites and
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-23T01:23:27Z
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