You bought a smart TV on Amazon.
Wanted to watch Netflix.
The TV already had malware on it before it shipped.
That malware turns your home internet connection into a proxy exit node.
So cybercriminals can route their attacks through your address.
And your address gets blamed.
Two million home devices.
Smart TVs. Streaming boxes. Android TV.
All part of the NetNut botnet called Popa.
In one week in June Google caught 316 different hacker groups using those exit nodes.
Password sprays. Espionage ops. Ransomware reconnaissance.
Coming from your home IP.
While your internet bill was paying for the bandwidth.
NetNut is owned by a publicly traded Israeli company called Alarum Technologies.
On Nasdaq.
They sold this proxy access to resellers.
Who sold it to other resellers.
Who sold it to criminals.
The FBI just seized their domains.
Google disabled their accounts.
Alarum’s legal counsel said they will fully cooperate.
Your home network has been a crime scene for months.
And the only way to know is if someone raids a datacenter.
The TV still works.
Netflix is still loading.
The backdoor is still open.
Millennials, it's time to choose your midife crisis
1. Date a 23 year old
2. Quit drinking and become insufferable about it
3. Double down on drinking
4. Train for a marathon nobody asked about
5. Have a panic baby (with wife you hate)
6. "We're opening the relationship" (she bangs)
7. Get divorced
8. Get diagnosed with adult ADHD/autism
9. Niche side quests like rock climbing, hyrox, gardening, handstands
A Japanese company has released a spoon that uses electric to stimulate your taste buds into thinking your food has salt in it. It has different levels of saltiness you can control.
Many people with high blood pressure that had to give up or reduce sodium intake can use this to still get the taste they want without breaking their low sodium diet.
The man tries some bland soup, and to his surprise it worked, the soup tastes like he sprinkled a some salt on it. Technology like this could be a game changer for many people, if you were on a sodium restriction would you try this to be healthier?