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Dutch police and the NCSC just shut down a botnet running across 17 million infected devices, with 200 controlling servers sitting inside the Netherlands.

Access was being sold for $5 a month in crypto. Good news: the infrastructure is down. Less good news: every one of those 17 million devices is still infected.

Denis Calderone (Suzu Labs) & Damon Small (Xcape, Inc.) share their insights!

🔗 Full story: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/dutch-police-ncsc-take-down-major-botnet/

Dutch Police, NCSC Take Down Major Botnet A collaboration between the Dutch National Police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has seen a large botnet being shut down.

Passwords were invented in the 1960s for time-sharing terminals. They were never designed to carry the weight of modern enterprise security, and yet here we are.

Passkeys, biometrics, and device trust are genuinely better controls. But moving away from passwords doesn't shrink the attack surface, it relocates it. Session hijacking, MFA fatigue, and AiTM phishing don't need a password. They work on trust that's already been granted.

So what does good identity security actually look like in 2026? Our experts give their honest take in this month's expert panel.

Ross Moore, Javvad Malik (KnowBe4), Anastasios Arampatzis, (Bora | Cybersecurity marketing), Chloé Messdaghi (Thornbridge Advisory), and Dimitris Georgiou (Alphabit Cybersecurity)

🔗 Read their thoughts here: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/passwordless-security-and-the-new-identity-battleground/

Passwordless Security And The New Identity Battleground We consulted cybersecurity experts to explore if passwords may become obsolete and to understand current digital identity security. Read more...