Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-10T01:23:29Z•535b903907a5c858812d4f9dadff44dc7f9bf186d64ea9f642c9b72fab44e96c
Alarum TechnologiesAndroid botnetCISA data leakDDoSFBI seizureGitHub leakInstagram compromiseKimwolfMeta AI support botMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutNetherlands server seizurePopaPopa botnetScattered SpiderStark Industries SolutionsThe Gentlemenaccount takeoverarrestsbotnetexploit codelaw enforcementransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilities
What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents: the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut after researchers linked the NetNut residential-proxy service (operated by Alarum Technologies) to the Popa Android-based botnet that has enslaved millions of devices for ad fraud, account takeovers and mass scraping; Microsoft issued a record ~200 fixes in June 2026 (dozens rated critical and at least three with public exploit code); a CISA contractor accidentally published AWS GovCloud keys and other secrets to a public GitHub repo prompting congressional inquiries; law enforcement actions and prosecutions span
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 535b903907a5c858812d4f9dadff44dc7f9bf186d64ea9f642c9b72fab44e96c
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-10T01:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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