LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-22T07:23:33Z•1167e0619837e91a15302c51f0d50e2e3932da6f2bbb436060af497b79ca60a6
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What happened
The feed highlights multiple high-impact cyber incidents in mid-2026: law enforcement and researchers exposed widespread abuse of consumer devices as residential proxy nodes (notably the Popa Android/TV botnet) and the FBI seized domains tied to NetNut/Alarum Technologies. LG said it will ban apps that turn smart TVs into always‑on proxy nodes after researchers found many webOS apps permit third‑party traffic routing. Microsoft released record Patch Tuesday updates (570 fixes) — Microsoft attributed the spike to AI‑aided discovery — and earlier June/July patches included dozens of critical bug
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- 1167e0619837e91a15302c51f0d50e2e3932da6f2bbb436060af497b79ca60a6
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- 2026-07-22T07:23:33Z
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- Yes
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