JackSkid is a malware family tracked across 3 threat clusters and 20 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed March 20, 2026; most recent activity May 22, 2026.
On March 20, 2026, the U.S. Justice Department, in collaboration with law enforcement from Canada and Germany, announced the dismantling of four significant botnets: Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad. These botnets…
Jacob Butler, a 23-year-old from Ottawa, Canada, was arrested for operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, which infected over 2 million devices worldwide. The botnet utilized a DDoS-for-hire model, launching more than 25,000…
Mastodon's flagship server, mastodon.social, experienced a severe DDoS attack on April 20, 2026, which temporarily rendered the site inaccessible to many users. The attack involved a flood of malicious web traffic that…