Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-12T19:23:27Z•3c2ef079f346cca4d686a2be3e8d23c2568ad4c6784ec9a024aece790da56551
AWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISA data leakDDoSFBI domain seizureInstagram account takeoverKimwolfMeta AI support botMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutNetherlands server seizurePopa botnetScattered SpiderStark Industries SolutionsThe Gentlemenaccount takeoverarrestsbotnetcongressional inquirycredentials leakransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilitieszero-day
What happened
A batch of KrebsOnSecurity stories (May–Jul 2026) reports on multiple high-impact cyber incidents: researchers and the FBI tied the sprawling Popa Android-based botnet (millions of compromised consumer TV boxes) to NetNut/Alarum Technologies, prompting the FBI to seize hundreds of NetNut-related domains; Microsoft’s June Patch Tuesday fixed nearly 200 vulnerabilities (dozens rated critical and public exploit code exists for several); a CISA contractor accidentally published AWS GovCloud keys and other sensitive agency secrets on public GitHub, triggering congressional inquiries; two Scattered
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