Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

.” Lumen’s research team said the purpose of AVrecon appears to be stealing bandwidth – without impacting end-users – in order to create a residential proxy service to help launder malicious activity and avoid attracting the same level of attention from Tor-hidden services or commercially available VPN services. com, sscompany[.]net,

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Very often, this proxy software is installed surreptitiously, such as through a “Free VPN” service or mobile app. ” “He’s not even an information security specialist,” Quotpw said of Sergey. I waited until it expired and forgot to buy it. “My friends do not belong to this field.

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