Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

2026-07-03T01:24:07Z9c22bcb619b7fbde3208705d4aecefa7e983be9308ca2bf09ff5baef1b0ec2a5
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What happened

A large set of active threats and high-severity vulnerabilities were reported: Google, with partners, disrupted the NetNut/Popa residential-proxy network that abused millions of home devices; multiple ransomware operations are exploiting Citrix Bleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777) and using stolen credentials (FortiBleed) and BYOVD/supply-chain access for follow-on intrusions. CISA added SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-45659 (CVSS 8.8) to its KEV list amid evidence of active exploitation. Other notable issues include two critical Cursor sandbox-escape flaws (CVE-2026-50548, CVE-2026-50549), Progress Kemp LoadMaste

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