LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-28T01:23:22Z•3d8f8710a56c91d7f49ba300e40c30cfa9a96365ea01669d4d4b4846a5ddf3d2
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity reporting covers major cybersecurity developments in June–July 2026, including record Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates, exploitation of Meta’s AI support bot to hijack Instagram accounts, the Popa Android botnet and NetNut residential proxy ecosystem, FBI disruption of proxy infrastructure, a CISA GitHub credential leak, ransomware activity by The Gentlemen, Scattered Spider prosecutions, and risks from smart-TV residential proxy applications. The collection reflects significant threats involving botnets, credential exposure, account takeover, ransomware, supply-chain and cloud-
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