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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Danny Adamitis , principal information security researcher at Lumen and co-author of the report on AVrecon, confirmed Kilmer’s findings, saying the C2 data matched up with what Spur was seeing for SocksEscort dating back to September 2022. Another domain with the Google Analytics code US-2665744 was sscompany[.]net.

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How To Build A Cybersecurity Career | What Really Matters

Cyber Info Veritas

Unfortunately, and this very fact is very alarming, even though cyber security and IT management in general are some of the fastest-growing and well-paying fields, they are not attracting the talent they need primarily because most graduates do not want to go into employment; they want to create the next Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, or Microsoft.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. In-depth technical analysis of a new method of extracting user cardholder data from compromised websites using legit Google Analytics protocol ? Denial-of-Suez attack.