DDoS wave continues as Mastodon hit after Bluesky incident
2026-04-23T02:51:50Z•72d8445b902ee8695db00af377a1e19a9f4a4e97155fc33e877c7325eca0e53d
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What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents and vulnerabilities reported: a DDoS wave disrupted decentralized social networks (Bluesky, Mastodon); Mirai botnet is actively exploiting a command-injection flaw in legacy D-Link routers (CVE-2025-29635) using publicly disclosed PoC; Microsoft released out-of-band patches for a critical ASP.NET Core privilege-escalation (CVE-2026-40372, CVSS 9.1) that can yield SYSTEM privileges; Forescout disclosed 22 BRIDGE:BREAK flaws affecting Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters (~20,000 devices exposed); Kaspersky documented the destructive Lotus wiper targeting Vz
Why it matters
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- 72d8445b902ee8695db00af377a1e19a9f4a4e97155fc33e877c7325eca0e53d
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- 2026-04-23T02:51:50Z
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- Yes
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