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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

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. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com SocksEscort[.]com

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Thread Hijacking: Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity

Krebs on Security

He was paroled in 2009, and in 2014 moved his family to a home in Lancaster County, Pa. Thread hijacking attacks are hardly new, but that is mainly true because many Internet users still don’t know how to identify them. The FBI hasn’t responded to LancasterOnline’s tip.

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