The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. "At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices," the Black … [Read more...] about Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
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Getting Value from Your Proxy Logs with Falcon LogScale
All web traffic flowing out of your company network should be passing through a web proxy. These proxy logs are a great resource for threat hunting and security investigations, yet they often translate into extremely large volumes of data.In a previous blog post, we shared the value of proxy logs in addressing a range of use cases, including hunting for threats, investigating … [Read more...] about Getting Value from Your Proxy Logs with Falcon LogScale
AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service
Jul 31, 2023THNNetwork Security / Botnet More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers as part of a multi-year campaign active since at least May 2021. AVRecon was first disclosed by Lumen Black Lotus Labs earlier this month as malware capable of executing additional commands … [Read more...] about AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service
How to Run Google SERP API Without Constantly Changing Proxy Servers
You've probably run into a major problem when trying to scrape Google search results. Web scraping tools allow you to extract information from a web page. Companies and coders from across the world use them to download Google's SERP data. And they work well – for a little while. After several scrapes, Google's automated security system kicks in. Then it kicks you out. The … [Read more...] about How to Run Google SERP API Without Constantly Changing Proxy Servers