Weekly Recap: Proxy Botnets, Browser Ransomware, AI Agent Tricks, Fake PoC Malware and More

[Starburst-David]

A streaming box should not need a threat model. Neither should a username field, a demo repo, a reset flow, or a browser permission prompt.
That is the irritating part this week: the risky pieces were ordinary.

Home devices became a routing cover. Clean code pulled dirt from a dependency. Identity shortcuts aged badly.
AI systems trusted the wrong instructions. Same soft spot throughout: trust placed one layer too early.

Published Date: Jul 06, 2026

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