Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-11T01:23:25Z•c8a2c60807814c9776790910ca11d7f2a5a7c354abb2f98ae4465d71f44eff94
AWS GovCloud keysAlarum TechnologiesCISA data leakDDoSFBI seizureGitHub leakInstagram account takeoverKimwolfMeta AI abuseMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutPopaScattered SpiderThe Gentlemenbotnetcritical vulnerabilitieslaw enforcement arrestspublic exploit coderansomwareresidential proxy
What happened
Multiple high-impact cybersecurity developments: the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut after researchers linked the company to the Popa Android-based botnet that has abused millions of consumer devices; Microsoft issued a record ~200 fixes (dozens critical) with public exploit code for some flaws; attackers abused Meta’s AI support bot to hijack Instagram accounts; a CISA contractor accidentally published AWS GovCloud keys and other secrets to a public GitHub repo prompting congressional scrutiny; law enforcement actions and arrests continued worldwide (Netherlands server seizures,
Why it matters
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- krebs_on_security
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- c8a2c60807814c9776790910ca11d7f2a5a7c354abb2f98ae4465d71f44eff94
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- 2026-07-11T01:23:25Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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