Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-05-21 17:00 PDT
- Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada
KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-05-21 14:50 • krebsonsecurity.com
Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the past six months. KrebsOnSecurity publicly named the suspect in February 2026 after the accused launched a volley of DDoS, doxing and swatting campaigns against this author and a security researcher. He now faces criminal hacking charges in both Canada and the United States.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/alleged-kimwolf-botmaster-dort-arrested-charged-in-u-s-and-canada/ - Google accidentally exposed details of unfixed Chromium flaw
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-21 11:13 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google has accidentally leaked details about an unfixed issue in Chromium that keeps JavaScript running in the background even when the browser is closed, allowing remote code execution on the device. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-accidentally-exposed-details-of-unfixed-chromium-flaw/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
