LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-22T13:23:27Z•a0ba63bb4906a8079ec7502a1d17e2da594679e0083db14eb536464a19aa2fc3
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What happened
A series of KrebsOnSecurity reports in June–July 2026 highlight widespread abuse of consumer devices and services, large-scale credential exposure, and a torrent of software vulnerabilities. Key items: researchers found many LG webOS apps could turn smart TVs into always-on residential proxies, prompting LG to ban such apps; multiple firms linked the Android-based 'Popa' botnet to NetNut (operated by Alarum Technologies), and the FBI seized hundreds of NetNut-related domains; Microsoft shipped an unusually large Patch Tuesday fixing ~570 flaws (Microsoft attributed the surge to AI-assisted bug
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- krebs_on_security
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- a0ba63bb4906a8079ec7502a1d17e2da594679e0083db14eb536464a19aa2fc3
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-22T13:23:27Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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