Category Archives: SocksEscort

Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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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. Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort, which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. Continue reading Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?→

No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

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With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. Compounding the problem, several remaining malware-based proxy services have chosen to block new registrations to avoid swamping their networks with a sudden influx of customers. Continue reading No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!→