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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. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. com, sscompany[.]net,

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Large corporations, small businesses, and even individuals suffer from numerous attacks from cybercriminals. If you have to work remotely, avoid using public Wi-Fi and activate a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Businesses require the input of human resources. Human Resources. Data Security.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. The system administrator did not configure standard security controls when installing the server in question.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines. The module also exfiltrates 2FA secrets from Twilio’s Authy local storage.

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