Squid Proxy Process with Suspicious Command Line Arguments

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•updated Jun 24, 2026•0•0•3

Detects the execution of the Squid proxy application with command line arguments that may indicate its use for malicious proxying or tunneling activities. This includes arguments related to safe ports, connection types (CONNECT, PORT, PASV), specific port numbers (21), and outgoing address configurations.