‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
2026-06-22T01:23:28Z•4a86a1fea4b987b5e8b014a8c678fffb3bfaa1d05e3ba72c3d37230f7e289a7c
AI social engineeringAWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesAndroid botnetCISACanvas breachInstagram compromiseIoT botnet arresteserver seizuresKimwolfMetaMicrosoft vulnerabilitiesNetNutPatch TuesdayPopaThe Gentlemenaccount takeoveradvertising fraudbotnetcredentials leakdata exfiltrationdata scrapingeducation data extortionpublic exploitsransomwareresidential proxy
What happened
A collection of high-impact security stories from May–June 2026 describing multiple large-scale incidents and investigations: researchers link the Popa Android TV-box botnet to NetNut/Alarum Technologies, a major record-setting Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixed nearly 200 flaws (dozens critical, some with public exploits), attackers abused Meta’s AI support bot to hijack Instagram accounts, a CISA contractor publicly leaked AWS GovCloud credentials on GitHub prompting congressional inquiries, the Canvas edtech platform suffered a massive data extortion incident affecting millions, and law-enforc e
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