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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. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd. The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

For example, the way, mobile phone pings the local cell tower are used by the Transportation Department to report traffic conditions on major roads and highways. What role does technology play in facilitating intimate partner abuse? What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? It's natural.