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Cybercriminals turn to “residential proxy” services to hide malicious traffic

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79% Informative

'Bulletproof' web hosts have been a key tool for cybercriminals looking to anonymously maintain web infrastructure with no questions asked.

Law enforcement has increasingly targeted the people behind the services with indictments.

Some service providers have turned to offering purpose-built VPNs and other proxy services as a way of rotating and masking customer IP addresses.

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79

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76

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76

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informal

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English

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75

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not offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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