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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Some possible avenues of infection include exploiting weak or default administrative credentials on routers, and outdated, insecure firmware that has known, exploitable security vulnerabilities. .” Frustratingly, Lumen was not able to determine how the SOHO devices were being infected with AVrecon. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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