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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

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. com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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