NewsThe Hacker News2026-08-27 15:12 UTCICS / OT (industrial control)SME

ThreatsDay: 296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New Stories

A fake login page. A fake security scan. A fake productivity app. Apparently, pretending to be useful is still one of the easier ways into a machine. The rest of the week gets stranger: botnets borrowing AI, command traffic hiding in public infrastructure, malicious tools waiting before showing their real behavior, exposed systems getting scanned, and exploit windows shrinking again. Different

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Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/threatsday-296k-iot-botnet-100-water.html

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