Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-13T01:23:27Z•41f8e5ce815021b24521cae5fe7d42a52fbf8bec40153adcc6a50c6df905dcfe
AWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISA data leakDDoSFBI seizureInstagram compromise (social engineering)KimwolfMeta AIMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutPopaScattered SpiderThe Gentlemenaccount takeoverbotmaster arrestsbotnetcredential exposurecritical bugsexploit codeoffensive cybersecurity startupproxy abuseransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilitieszero-day market
What happened
This collection of KrebsOnSecurity stories (May–Jul 2026) highlights multiple major cyber incidents: the FBI seized hundreds of NetNut-related domains and disrupted the Popa Android-based botnet, which researchers link to publicly-traded Alarum Technologies; widespread botnet and botmaster arrests (including alleged Kimwolf operator and Scattered Spider members) and Dutch seizures of hosting infrastructure used for Russian operations. Other high-impact events include a record Microsoft Patch Tuesday (nearly 200 flaws, dozens rated critical and at least three with public exploit code), a CISA/
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