‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
2026-06-19T01:23:26Z•cbfbd5905d063531e9e1b18fed35c48b01453a0df08ab22adfdc89ccfa3100b0
AI social engineeringAWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISACanvas breachDDoSKimwolfMetaMicrosoftNetNutNetherlands seizurePatch TuesdayPopaRussian influence opsThe Gentlemenaccount takeoverbotnetcongressional inquirydata leakeducation sectorexploit-codeinfrastructure abuseransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilities
What happened
A set of high-impact security incidents and investigations: researchers linked the years-long Popa Android TV-box botnet to NetNut (operated by publicly traded Alarum Technologies), showing large-scale residential-proxy abuse for ad fraud, account takeover and mass scraping. A new profile of the ransomware group “The Gentlemen” highlights aggressive affiliate recruitment and clues to the administrator’s real-world identity. Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed nearly 200 vulnerabilities (dozens rated critical) with public exploit code for some flaws. Attackers abused Meta’s AI support bot
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