How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts
2026-03-09T07:23:27Z•c49b7907109c5c2df5eccfca2358a900f5409b35a778f019f616c88607ca3090
AI assistantsBadbox 2.0DDoSI2P abuseIoT botnetKimwolfMFA bypassMicrosoft patchesScattered Lapsus ShinyHuntersStarkillerautonomous agentsbotnetcredential phishingdoxingextortioninsider threatphishing-as-a-serviceswattingzero-day
What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports (Jan–Mar 2026) highlighting multiple active, high-impact threats: the Kimwolf IoT botnet (>2M devices) used for massive DDoS, relaying abusive traffic, and abusing I2P to evade takedowns; a likely operator ("Dort") engaging in doxing, swatting and targeted attacks; the Badbox 2.0 compromise; a stealthy phishing-as-a-service dubbed "Starkiller" that proxies real login pages and relays credentials and MFA codes to bypass MFA; proliferation of extortion and harassment campaigns (Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters); and Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories fixing >50
Why it matters
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- krebs_on_security
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- c49b7907109c5c2df5eccfca2358a900f5409b35a778f019f616c88607ca3090
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-09T07:23:27Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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