LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-30T01:23:24Z•c80e33c3d20c090da70a877f736a410c167ff78396adc6bf41ecb8ef4d6ca875
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KrebsOnSecurity reports on major cybersecurity developments in July and June 2026, including residential proxy abuse through smart TVs and Android TV boxes, the Popa botnet and NetNut proxy platform seizure, record Microsoft security patches, a CISA credential leak, Scattered Spider prosecutions, ransomware activity, and social-engineering attacks against Meta’s Instagram account recovery system.
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