SocksEscort

US and European authorities disrupt socksEscort proxy service tied to AVrecon botnet

AndyC 14 March 2026

US and European authorities disrupt socksEscort proxy service tied to AVrecon botnet Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026 Authorities in the...

Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries

AndyC 13 March 2026

A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers...

Cyber fallout from the Iran war: What to have on your radar

AndyC 13 March 2026

The war in Iran was less than 24 hours old when it produced a historic first: the deliberate targeting of commercial data centers. On March...

Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches

AndyC 11 March 2026

Since April 2024, Sednit’s advanced development team has reemerged with a modern toolkit centered on two paired implants, BeardShell and Covenant, each using a different...

What cybersecurity actually does for your business

AndyC 7 March 2026

Business Security The ability to continue operating safely in an unsafe environment where competitors cannot is a competitive advantage that is rarely measured or discussed...

How SMBs use threat research and MDR to build a defensive edge

AndyC 6 March 2026

Corporate IT and security teams have the unenviable task of keeping relentless and increasingly sophisticated adversaries at bay. They’re often faced with limited resources and...

Protecting education: How MDR can tip the balance in favor of schools

AndyC 5 March 2026

Business Security The education sector is notoriously short on cash, but rich in assets for threat actors to target. How can managed detection and response...

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – February 2026 edition

AndyC 1 March 2026

In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools 28 Feb 2026...