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Titre: [kreb]‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
Posté par: igor51 le juin 18, 2026, 20:03:27

‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm

For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. This week, researchers from multiple security firms concluded that the Popa botnet is linked to NetNut, a "residential proxy" provider operated by the publicly-traded Israeli firm Alarum Technologies Ltd [NASDAQ: ALAR].
Source: ‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/popa-botnet-linked-to-publicly-traded-israeli-firm/)