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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. SocksEscort[.]com

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