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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Spur.us , a startup that tracks proxy services, told KrebsOnSecurity that the Internet addresses Lumen tagged as the AVrecon botnet’s “Command and Control” (C2) servers all tie back to a long-running proxy service called SocksEscort. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com SocksEscort[.]com

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Microsoft: North Korea-linked Zinc APT targets security experts

Security Affairs

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. ” This week, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) also warned of North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media.

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