Brazil alert hack sends ‘alien attack’ warnings; legacy D-Link routers hijacked, and more cybersecurity news This week’s key cybersecurity developments. Here are the week’s key cybersecurity developments. - Canada’s spy agency used a court order to remotely clean citizens’ devices for the first time. - A macOS infostealer bypassed AI-based analysis using fake error injections. - Europol dismantled a distribution network for the Amadey and StealC malware. - In Brazil, hackers sent emergency alerts about an “alien attack.” Canada’s spy agency uses court order for remote device cleanup for the first time Canada’s intelligence service received an unprecedented court order authorizing remote intervention on infected servers, home routers, and IoT devices in the country, Todayville reported. The botnets operated as traffic relays. By routing data through compromised equipment, attackers masked themselves as ordinary home users or internet providers. This allowed them to covertly scan networks of critical infrastructure (including the energy sector) as well as Canadian government and military agencies. Targets for cleanup included Canada-based servers, routers for small businesses and homes, and smart devices such as doorbells, security cameras, TVs, and other Wi-Fi–enabled equipment. The Federal Court of Canada declassified a public version of the order only in mid-June 2026, although it was issued more than two years earlier. The ruling emphasizes that no personal data was intercepted and any incidentally collected information was immediately destroyed. Media reports point to outdated hardware as a key factor in such attacks. Malware is deployed on IoT devices with factory-default passwords or on equipment that is no longer supported. Researchers at XLab confirmed this. They found a previously unknown botnet called AryStinger that abused legacy D-Link home routers, models DIR-850L and DIR-818LW. During the campaign, attackers compromised more than 4,000 routers, turning them into proxies to relay malicious traffic and perform distributed