--- title: Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire description: A weekly cybersecurity news roundup covering several stories: Google's takedown of the Netnut/Papa residential proxy botnet that infected 1-2 million smart TVs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire | daily.dev og:description: A weekly cybersecurity news roundup covering several stories: Google's takedown of the Netnut/Papa residential proxy botnet that infected 1-2 million smart TVs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X79ymy4UB.png og:image:alt: Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire **[Hak5](https://daily.dev/sources/hak5)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A weekly cybersecurity news roundup covering several stories: Google's takedown of the Netnut/Papa residential proxy botnet that infected 1-2 million smart TVs and streaming devices, renting out their internet connections without user consent, traced back to publicly traded company Alarium Technologies. Also covered: Cloudflare's new monetization gateway for charging AI crawlers via crypto payments, a new macOS infostealer called Pam Stealer, a new router/IoT malware family called Rust Duck, a $10M US government bounty for info on a Russian cyber group targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts, and an update on Scattered Spider member Peter Stokes being extradited from Finland to face federal hacking charges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google and FBI Dismantle NetNut Residential Proxy Botnet](https://daily.dev/posts/google-and-fbi-dismantle-netnut-residential-proxy-botnet-iusqk4knt) · Latest Hacking News · 8 upvotes · 1 comments - [The smart TV in your living room is training AI - here's how to stop it](https://daily.dev/posts/the-smart-tv-in-your-living-room-is-training-ai---here-s-how-to-stop-it-qcjdsyvod) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#cloudflare](https://daily.dev/tags/cloudflare) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub"},"datePublished":"2026-07-15T16:26:25.653Z","dateModified":"2026-07-15T16:26:47.055Z","description":"A weekly cybersecurity news roundup covering several stories: Google's takedown of the Netnut/Papa residential proxy botnet that infected 1-2 million smart TVs...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j_rKXznEMvE/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j_rKXznEMvE/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hak5","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hak5","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--NBqAwk3Z--/f_auto/v1710012451/logos/hak5","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hak5"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-tv-could-be-working-for-hackers-threat-wire-x79ymy4ub","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,malware,cloudflare","timeRequired":"PT6M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire","description":"A weekly cybersecurity news roundup covering several stories: Google's takedown of the Netnut/Papa residential proxy botnet that infected 1-2 million smart TVs...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j_rKXznEMvE/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-15T16:26:25.653Z","duration":"PT6M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/X79ymy4UB","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_rKXznEMvE"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hak5","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hak5"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Your Smart TV Could Be Working for Hackers | Threat Wire"}]} ```