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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. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies.

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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

Krebs on Security

For many years, Dye was a system administrator for Optinrealbig , a Colorado company that relentlessly pimped all manner of junk email, from mortgage leads and adult-related services to counterfeit products and Viagra. This individual, Daniel Dye , has a history of working with others to hijack IP addresses for use by spammers.

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