Researchers Hijack Abandoned Popcorn Time Updater, Push 2 Million Updates to Kill Botnet Risk
RedSide Security October 24, 2026 Cybersecurity 8 views
Eye Security pushed over 2 million updates to machines it did not own between November 2025 and March 2026, disabling an abandoned Popcorn Time fork's auto-updater that could have been hijacked to build a botnet.
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