Masjesu botnet targets IoT devices while evading high-profile networks

Multiple high-impact cyber incidents and warnings reported: a stealthy DDoS‑for‑hire IoT botnet (Masjesu) targeting routers/gateways and avoiding high‑profile networks; an alleged massive theft (>10 PB) of military/aerospace data from China’s National Supercomputing Center; growing exposure of ICS/SCADA devices and insecure protocols (e.g., Modbus) that raise risks to critical infrastructure; CISA added a critical Ivanti EPMM code‑injection flaw (CVE-2026-1340, CVSS 9.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; Russia‑linked APT28 is deploying PRISMEX malware against Ukraine and allied‑