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That $30 Streaming Box Might Be Moonlighting as an Ad Fraud Bot

New research shows many no-name TV streaming devices don't just hijack your bandwidth—they disguise themselves as phones to click fake ads across an AI-generated web of fraud sites.

Why it matters: This isn't just an abstract fraud problem for advertisers to absorb—compromised devices sitting on home networks can mask criminal traffic behind your IP address, potentially drawing unwanted attention from ISPs or law enforcement. If you're shopping for a streaming device, sticking to major brands (Roku, Google, Amazon, Apple) with locked-down app ecosystems is a lot cheaper than dealing with the fallout of a botnet living in your living room.
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Two Scattered Spider Members Plead Guilty Over TfL Cyberattack

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FBI Takes Down NetNut Proxy Network Tied to Popa Botnet

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New Zero-Day Buying Startup Linked to Convicted Felons and Fake Intel Firms

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CISA's Own GitHub Leak Exposed AWS Keys for Six Months — Here's What Went Wrong

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Microsoft's Latest Patch Tuesday Fixes a Staggering 570 Vulnerabilities

The software giant nearly tripled last month's record-breaking patch haul, and it says AI-assisted bug hunting is a big reason why.

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LG to Purge Smart TV Apps That Secretly Turn Sets Into Proxy Nodes

The move follows research showing over 42% of webOS store apps quietly let third parties route internet traffic through users' televisions.

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Man Behind Massive Snowflake Data Theft Spree Pleads Guilty

Connor Riley Moucka admitted to hacking and extorting more than 165 companies through their Snowflake cloud accounts, including a breach that exposed call records for over 100 million AT&T customers.

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Microsoft's Latest Patch Batch Fixes Nearly 400 Security Flaws

This month's update haul includes a fix for a bug already being exploited in the wild, plus two others that were publicly disclosed before patches were ready.

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Mozilla Swaps Out Firefox and Thunderbird Signing Key After It Leaked on GitHub

A GPG key used to verify the authenticity of Firefox and Thunderbird releases was accidentally exposed, prompting Mozilla to retire it and issue a new one.

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Supply Chain Giant Wesco Confirms Security Breach After Hacker Group Claims Data Theft

Wesco says it's investigating a cybersecurity incident after the extortion group ExfilSquad claimed to have stolen company data.

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Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday Squashes 400 Bugs, Including 3 Zero-Days

One of the zero-days is already being exploited in the wild, making this month's update pile especially urgent for IT teams.

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Delta Investigates Rogue Wi-Fi Signal on Flight Full of DEF CON Hackers

An unauthorized wireless network briefly appeared aboard a Las Vegas-to-Atlanta flight carrying attendees fresh from one of the world's biggest hacking conferences.