Dutch Authorities Dismantle Botnet Linked to 17 Million Infected Devices
The Hacker News 31.05.2026 12:22
Dutch authorities have announced the takedown of a botnet that enslaved millions of infected devices, including computers, tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices, to carry out malicious attacks.
The bot network, per the Dutch Politie and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), consisted of at least 17 million infected devices. More than 200 servers located in the Netherlands acted as the
PAN-OS GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-0257) Under Active Exploitation
The Hacker News 30.05.2026 06:41
Palo Alto Networks has warned that a recently disclosed medium-severity security flaw impacting PAN-OS and Prisma Access has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8), refers to a case of authentication bypass that could be exploited by bad actors to set up VPN connections.
"Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – May 2026 edition
We Live Security 29.05.2026 07:30
In this roundup, Tony looks at attacks against Polish water treatment facilities, how AI-directed attacks failed in Mexico, and what Google believes is the first AI-generated zero-day exploit