LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
2026-07-26T01:23:29Z•d8c629363f87573b363b72a659c2adbb5fbfa66bd76d03e6450b9e700119d945
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What happened
Multiple KrebsOnSecurity reports in July 2026 highlight large-scale abuse of consumer devices and platforms, rising vulnerability counts, and notable enforcement/prosecution actions. Researchers found many LG webOS apps let third parties route traffic through users’ TVs; LG will ban apps that turn smart TVs into always-on residential proxy nodes. Security firms linked the Popa Android/TV botnet (millions of devices) to NetNut, a residential-proxy provider operated by Alarum Technologies; the FBI seized hundreds of NetNut-related domains. Microsoft released an unusually large Patch Tuesday (570
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