John Z Black

The SocksEscort Takedown: Your Linux Server Might Be Someone Else's Criminal Proxy

John Z Black Mar 13, 2026

Cybercrime #socksescort #botnet #proxy #linux #takedown #law-enforcement #infrastructure

US authorities dismantled SocksEscort, a proxy-for-hire botnet built on silently infected Linux devices. Here's why this takedown matters more than it seems, and why 'it's Linux, it's fine' isn't a security posture.

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The Edge Is the Front Line: FortiGate, ASUS Routers, and the War on Network Perimeters

John Z Black Mar 11, 2026

Threat Intelligence #fortigate #asus #botnet #edge-devices #network-security #kadnap

Enterprise firewalls and consumer routers are getting hammered. FortiGate credential theft and the KadNap botnet show the same failure at the network edge.

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