Google and FBI Disrupt Israeli-Linked NetNut Proxy Network

Google Threat Intelligence said it coordinated with the FBI, Lumen and other partners to disrupt NetNut, also tracked as Popa, by disabling Google accounts and services used for malware command-and-control, sharing technical intelligence and pushing Play Protect warnings for affected apps. Google estimates the residential proxy network spans at least 2 million devices and says 316 threat clusters used suspected NetNut exit nodes in one June week. Alarum Technologies, the Israeli public company behind NetNut, separately said the FBI seized certain NetNut-associated domains and that it will cooperate. Israel's technology sector benefits when enforcement separates legitimate cyber innovation from abuse that lets criminals hide behind consumers' home networks.