The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. "At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices," the Black … [Read more...] about Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
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Mitigating the risks of residential proxies
Every day, millions of ordinary internet users grant usage of their computers, smartphones, or home routers to complete strangers — whether knowingly or not. They install proxyware — a proxy server that accepts internet requests from these strangers and forwards them via the internet to the target server. Access to such proxyware is typically provided by specialized companies, … [Read more...] about Mitigating the risks of residential proxies