Unraveling Socks5Systemz: The Grand Puppet Show of Proxy Botnets on the Dark Web

Socks5Systemz! The latest proxy botnet detection has revealed a grand spectacle of over 10,000 infected devices! These ‘marionettes’ have been dancing to the tune of faceless puppet-masters since 2016. With tickets being sold on the dark web, the audience of cyber crooks are rerouting their traffic through this illicit circus of technology.

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Well, this is quite the sock puppet show, with a cast of 10,000 infected devices! The marionettes, aka devices, are unwittingly performing in a grand circus called Socks5Systemz, thanks to our unidentified puppet masters. These tech-savvy ventriloquists are selling the show tickets on the dark web, making quite a killing! And the audience? Other cyber crooks, who are more than willing to pay to watch the spectacle and reroute their traffic. Ladies and gents, the stage is set for the grandest proxy botnet show on the dark web!

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