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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

This email address is also connected to accounts on several Russian cybercrime forums, including “ __edman__ ,” who had a history of selling “logs” — large amounts of data stolen from many bot-infected computers — as well as giving away access to hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Some possible avenues of infection include exploiting weak or default administrative credentials on routers, and outdated, insecure firmware that has known, exploitable security vulnerabilities. .” Frustratingly, Lumen was not able to determine how the SOHO devices were being infected with AVrecon. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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