Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-13T07:23:27Z•cd9842a52d261843d4233f822e9b0892161fd0b2a802aaa1a2f3b56aa1891d2e
AWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISA data leakDDoSDutch seizuresFBI seizureInstagram account takeoverKimwolfMeta AI abuseMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutPopaRussian influence operationsScattered SpiderThe Gentlemenbotnetcredential leakoffensive cybersecurity startuppublic exploitsransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilitieszero-day market
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity's recent coverage highlights multiple high-impact cyber incidents: researchers linked the Popa Android botnet to NetNut (Alarum Technologies), prompting an FBI seizure of hundreds of associated domains; millions of consumer devices have been abused for proxying and fraud. Law enforcement actions include arrests tied to Kimwolf and Scattered Spider, plus Dutch seizures of 800 servers alleged to aid Russian operations. Other notable issues: a record June Microsoft Patch Tuesday (~200 flaws, dozens rated critical and some with public exploits), a CISA contractor leaking AWS GovCon
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- 2026-07-13T07:23:27Z
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