Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by ipaddr on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:43PM (#36958522)

Couldn't a criminal leave enough info to point to someone else? Then Krebs exposes a mark.

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by casey2 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:08PM (#36960973)

Yep this is what happens most of the time.

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by burnte on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:42PM (#36961549)

Is there evidence to support that "most of the time" he unmasks marks instead of the real actors?

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by PNewling on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:49PM (#36965458)

... No

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by burnte on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:19PM (#36965724)

I assumed as much.

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by ipaddr on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @10:03PM (#36966063)

You tried to gather evidence and were unsuccessful or you are guessing none exist?

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Re:Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEsc... by vuln on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:06PM (#36961923)

That’s what the CIA does. See shadow brokers and the toolkit used to “change” attribution.

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