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Generated: 2026-06-22 03:00 PDT
- Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices
The Hacker News • 2026-06-22 02:11 • thehackernews.com
Canada’s spy service got a judge’s permission to reach into infected servers, home routers, and IoT gear sitting on Canadian soil and neutralize two foreign-run botnets.The Federal Court released a public version of the ruling on June 15. It is the first time the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has used its threat reduction warrant powers this way.
The warrant let CSIS alter,
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/canadas-spy-agency-used-first-of-its.html - AryStinger Malware Infects 4,300 Legacy Routers to Build Reconnaissance Proxy Network
The Hacker News • 2026-06-21 23:57 • thehackernews.com
A new malware family is turning forgotten home routers into a distributed reconnaissance and proxy network, not the DDoS botnet these devices usually end up in. QiAnXin’s XLab calls it AryStinger and counts at least 4,300 infected routers, a total it says is still rising.The distinction matters. AryStinger exists for the stage of an attack that comes before the break-in. Infected
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/arystinger-malware-infects-4300-legacy.html - INTERPOL Warns Phishing, Ransomware, and AI Scams Are Rising Across Asia-Pacific
The Hacker News • 2026-06-21 23:06 • thehackernews.com
A new report from INTERPOL has revealed a “dramatic increase” in cybercrime in Asia and the South Pacific, fueled by rapid digitalization, internet penetration, new technologies, organized criminal networks, and a disparity in cybersecurity maturity.According to INTERPOL’s 2025/2026 Asia and South Pacific Cyberthreat Assessment Report, phishing has emerged as the most widespread and
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/interpol-warns-phishing-ransomware-and.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
