Socks5Systemz Botnet Powers Illegal Proxy Service with 85,000+ Hacked Devices
Briefly

"Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity adding uncontrolled layers of anonymity to the threat actors, so they can perform all kinds of malicious activity using chains of victim systems."
"The primary objective of the malware is to turn compromised systems into proxy exit nodes, which are then advertised for other actors, typically cybercriminals who are looking to obscure the source of their attacks."
Read at The Hacker News
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