Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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. Now new findings reveal that AVrecon ...
Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

For the past seven years, a malware-based proxy service known as "Faceless" has sold anonymity to countless cybercriminals. For less than a dollar per day, Faceless customers can route their malicious traffic ...
911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a ...
The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past ...