Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?
The digital breadcrumbs leading to Dort’s identity begin with a public "dox" from 2020, which asserted that Dort was a teenager residing in Canada, born in August 2003. This initial…
The digital breadcrumbs leading to Dort’s identity begin with a public "dox" from 2020, which asserted that Dort was a teenager residing in Canada, born in August 2003. This initial…
Our initial investigation in early 2026 exposed the alarming spread of Kimwolf, a potent new botnet that had infected over two million devices, primarily through the mass exploitation of numerous…
A sophisticated new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, dubbed Starkiller, is revolutionizing the cybercrime landscape by enabling threat actors to bypass traditional phishing defenses and even circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). Unlike conventional…
A formidable new Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet, dubbed Kimwolf, has rapidly infiltrated over two million devices, weaponizing them for colossal distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and the propagation of illicit internet traffic.…
The shadowy figures behind the prolific Kimwolf botnet, which has ensnared over two million devices, have inadvertently provided a significant clue in the hunt for the operators of Badbox 2.0,…
Microsoft has today unleashed a substantial security update, addressing a staggering 113 vulnerabilities across its Windows operating systems and associated software. This release is particularly noteworthy due to the presence…
For the past week, the sprawling and increasingly audacious Internet of Things (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has unleashed a crippling assault on The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a vital…
Today marks a significant milestone as KrebsOnSecurity.com proudly celebrates its 16th anniversary, a testament to years of dedicated investigative journalism in the complex and ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. This momentous…
The first zero-day vulnerability identified, CVE-2026-21510, presents a severe security feature bypass within the Windows Shell. This insidious flaw allows a malicious actor to execute attacker-controlled content with a mere…
A highly aggressive and unpredictable data extortion gang known as Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) employs a chillingly effective, multi-pronged strategy to coerce payments from its victims, a strategy that goes…