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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Krebs on Security

Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. ru , and the website web-site[.]ru com shows that in 2008 it displayed the personal information for a Dmitry Starovikov , who listed his Skype username as “lycefer.”

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. SSC asked fellow forum members for help in testing the security of a website they claimed was theirs: myiptest[.]com com , which promised to tell visitors whether their proxy address was included on any security or anti-spam block lists. DomainTools says myiptest[.]com

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