How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts
2026-03-10T13:23:32Z•e8996ea370cc0e250d98c288c5589e36568b758c3fedc8ece98839682d18be5b
AI assistantsAisuruAndroid TVBadbox 2.0DDoSI2PIoTKimwolfMFA-bypassMicrosoftPatch TuesdayScattered LapsusShinyHuntersStarkillerautonomous-agentsbotnetcredential-relaydoxingemail-floodinginsider-threatphishing-as-a-servicesecurity-operationsswattingzero-day
What happened
A collection of KrebsOnSecurity posts (Jan–Mar 2026) describing multiple high-impact cyber threats: the Kimwolf IoT botnet (over 2M devices) used for massive DDoS, doxing, email floods and evasion via I2P; Badbox 2.0 and Aisuru botnet activity; a stealthy ‘Starkiller’ phishing-as-a-service that proxies real sites to capture credentials and MFA codes; repeated harassment (doxing, SWATing) by extortion groups like Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters; and Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories fixing dozens of vulnerabilities including multiple zero-days being exploited in the wild. It also highlights how‑
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- krebs_on_security
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- 2026-03-10T13:23:32Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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