Research
Research & Intelligence
Research on proxy networks, botnets, credential stuffing, threat actor tradecraft, and internet infrastructure from the Synthient team.
Malware
ProxyBox: Socks5Systemz Lives On
Synthient’s Research Team continuously tracks Black Hat proxy services due to the significant risks they pose to clients in the financial sector. Recently, a...
Malware
A Broken System Fueling Botnets
Synthient continues to track the Kimwolf DDoS and proxy botnet with this report, delivering significant findings on the inner workings, infection chain, and...
Proxies
IPCola: A Tangled Mess
A look into the internals behind a large-scale proxy operation, from the sourcing of IPs to the platform itself. How proxy providers utilize everything from...
Proxies
GhostSocks: From Initial Access to Residential Proxy
This blog post explores the Malware as a Service (MAAS) ecosystem and its adoption of GhostSocks the proxy based malware.