LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-30T07:23:21Z•1080b47693ff6db14de6df077c1627092b99cc8e2884857221e10de5fd3db08d
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity reports on major cybersecurity developments in June–July 2026, including a large Microsoft vulnerability patch release, exposed CISA credentials and AWS GovCloud keys, FBI disruption of the NetNut residential proxy platform and Popa botnet, ransomware and cybercrime activity, social-media account takeovers through abuse of Meta’s AI support bot, and risks from smart-TV apps functioning as residential proxy nodes.
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