"BlackProxies Proxy Service Increasingly Popular Among Hackers"

A new residential proxy market is gaining popularity among hackers, cybercriminals, phishers, scalpers, and scammers, with access to a million claimed proxy IP addresses being sold globally. DomainTools analysts who have been watching the emergence of these services spotted the new platform, reporting that 'BlackProxies' is one of the fastest-growing newcomers in the space. A new entity claiming such a large pool of available proxies is a significant development, given that law enforcement has shut down several large proxy providers in recent years, including RESNET and INSORG. Proxies are online servers that accept and forward requests for other devices on the Internet, causing a connection to appear to originate from their IP address while concealing the true initiator. Residential proxies use home users' IP addresses rather than a data center's address space, making them ideal for running shopping bots or blending in with regular website traffic. Residential users may become proxies voluntarily in exchange for money. However, in many cases, they become proxies involuntarily as a result of malware infections on their computers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and modems. Cybercriminals use residential proxies to increase the efficiency of their illegal operations while hiding from law enforcement and blockers. In August 2022, the FBI issued a warning about a growing trend of cybercriminals using residential proxies to conduct large-scale credential-stuffing attacks without being tracked, flagged, or blocked. This article continues to discuss the scale and operation of the new BlackProxies residential proxy market. 

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