#proxy


Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

Jul 2, 2026 // 22:26

Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people’s traffic. Working with the FBI, […]

282 iOS Apps Found Leaking LLM API Keys and Unauthenticated AI Proxy Access

Jun 30, 2026 // 16:56

Researchers tested 444 AI chatbot apps for iPhone and found that 282 of them, nearly two-thirds, exposed paid AI access through their network traffic. In […]

29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug ‘Squidbleed’ Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests

Jun 22, 2026 // 17:34

A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user’s cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone […]

AryStinger Malware Infects 4,300 Legacy Routers to Build Reconnaissance Proxy Network

Jun 22, 2026 // 10:04

A new malware family is turning forgotten home routers into a distributed reconnaissance and proxy network, not the DDoS botnet these devices usually end up […]

Showboat Linux Malware Hits Middle East Telecom with SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor

May 21, 2026 // 17:18

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting a telecommunications provider […]

UK warns of Chinese hackers using proxy networks to evade detection

Apr 23, 2026 // 15:36

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and international partners warned that China-nexus hackers are increasingly using large-scale proxy networks of hijacked consumer devices […]

KadNap Malware Enlists 14,000 ASUS Routers into Stealth Proxy Network

Mar 10, 2026 // 19:29

The KadNap botnet is a recently discovered malware operation, primarily targeting ASUS routers and other edge networking devices to convert them into a stealthy proxy network for cybercrime.  As […]