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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Proxy services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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Just What Does It Take to Develop a Career in the Cybersecurity Domain?

IT Security Guru

IoT (Internet of Things) Security. System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Personally, I started with network security years ago, gained several strategic skills, and right now I enjoy my time swimming in the wild world of Industrial IoT. Secure Software Development. Secure DevOps. Web/Mobile Application security.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

Most of the victims mount Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise operating systems, including several Datacenter versions of Windows Server. Some of them are also Windows Embedded, indicating the penetration of such malware operation even into IoT environments.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Read more: Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

.” I wrote about the pending Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002 (CSEA) and said: “ The problem with this legislation is that it's often very difficult to determine who is responsible for any given cybercrime. Who is responsible? Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup?

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Advanced threat predictions for 2023

SecureList

A recent leak has put it in the hands of cybercrime actors and it is very likely that by the end of the year we will see it involved in APT cases too. We encourage system administrators to immediately set up monitoring for these machines, due to the unlikelihood that patching (even in a timely fashion) will be sufficient to protect them.

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