Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-09T01:23:30Z•215d509035a4c2e546cd27674eacd75885cc6c719d1dedcb9100490807338c3b
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity's recent feed aggregates multiple high-impact cyber incidents: researchers linked the Popa Android-based botnet (millions of compromised TV boxes) to NetNut, a residential-proxy service run by publicly-traded Alarum Technologies, and the FBI seized hundreds of NetNut-related domains in response. Microsoft’s June Patch Tuesday fixed nearly 200 bugs (roughly three dozen rated critical) with public exploit code available for at least three flaws. Attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to perform Instagram account takeovers, while a CISA contractor accidentally published AWS
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- 2026-07-09T01:23:30Z
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