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

This week's security recap highlights how trust placed too early in systems created widespread vulnerabilities. Key incidents include Google disrupting the NetNut residential proxy botnet (a network of compromised home devices like smart TVs used to hide malicious traffic) affecting at least 2 million devices, WhatsApp introducing usernames to protect privacy but raising impersonation concerns, and security researchers being tricked into running malicious code hidden in fake proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub that deliver ChocoPoC (a trojan capable of stealing passwords and browser data).