Popa Android Botnet traced to Israeli public‑company Alarum Technologies
The Popa botnet, a four‑year‑old Android‑based network that hijacks millions of cheap TV boxes for ad fraud and data‑scraping, has been tied to Alarum Technologies Ltd, the publicly‑traded Israeli firm behind residential proxy service NetNut. This link implicates a legit‑listed company in a massive proxy‑farm that could be weaponized for future credential‑theft or espionage.