Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-12T13:23:32Z•0ef0c171a0da69c80850513524270fcf773c698a8b5885768e7e326dea1014db
AWS-GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISA-leakDortFBI-seizureKimwolfMeta-AI-abuseMicrosoft-vulnerabilitiesNetNutNetherlands-seizurePatch-TuesdayPopaPopa-botnetScattered-SpiderThe-Gentlemenaccount-takeoverbotnetcredential-exposurefraudhosting-abuseoffensive-security-startuppublic-exploit-coderansomwareresidential-proxy
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity feed (May–Jul 2026) highlights multiple high-impact cyber incidents: the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut after researchers linked the company (Alarum Technologies) to the Popa Android-based residential-proxy botnet that enslaved millions of consumer TV boxes for ad fraud, account takeovers and scraping; separate arrests include the alleged Kimwolf botmaster (“Dort”) and Dutch seizures of ~800 servers and two arrests for hosting infrastructure used by Russian ops. Other coverage: a CISA contractor exposed AWS GovCloud credentials and agency secrets (triggering law‑
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- krebs_on_security
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- 0ef0c171a0da69c80850513524270fcf773c698a8b5885768e7e326dea1014db
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- 2026-07-12T13:23:32Z
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- Yes
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