Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
2026-07-11T07:23:30Z•dbf695647aec3caa59fbe4a3e212b274d1c4029f5ff30ade8966452b6b78b830
AI support botAWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISADDoSFBI seizureInstagram account takeoverIoT botnetKimwolfMetaMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutNetherlands hosting seizurePopaScattered SpiderThe Gentlemenarrestsbotnetdata leakoffensive cybersecurity startuppublic exploitsransomwareresidential proxyvulnerabilitieszero-day market
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity collected multiple high-impact stories: the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut and disrupted the Popa Android-based residential-proxy botnet (≈2M devices), with researchers linking Popa to publicly traded Alarum Technologies. Law enforcement and prosecutors continued takedowns and arrests — including a Kimwolf IoT botnet suspect and two Dutch hosting co-owners accused of aiding Russian cyber operations — and two UK defendants from Scattered Spider pleaded guilty. Other notable items: an offensive cybersecurity startup run by convicted felons; The Gentlemen ransomware
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- krebs_on_security
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- dbf695647aec3caa59fbe4a3e212b274d1c4029f5ff30ade8966452b6b78b830
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- 2026-07-11T07:23:30Z
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- Yes
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