LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-25T01:23:28Z•7d0af2eb4ca143f57bb3c3e1be98d1c64fc951ab16a21b7d29c7df663cbb78d4
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity round-up covering multiple high-impact developments: LG will ban smart‑TV apps that convert TVs into always‑on residential proxy nodes after research found many apps permit third‑party traffic routing. Multiple reports link the Popa Android botnet to NetNut (operated by Alarum Technologies), prompting an FBI seizure of hundreds of NetNut domains. Microsoft released an unusually large patch batch (≈570 flaws), attributed in part to AI‑aided discovery. CISA issued a postmortem after a contractor leaked internal credentials (including AWS GovCloud keys) on GitHub. Other stories: a
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