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145 Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

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msmash @ Slashdot · 06/07/2025 09:00 EDT

Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

Cybercriminals have been increasingly turning to "residential proxy" services over the past two to three years to disguise malicious web traffic as everyday online activity, according to research presented at the Sleuthcon cybercrime conference. The shift represents a response to law enforcement's growing success in targeting traditional "bulletproof" hosting services, which previously allowed criminals to maintain anonymous web infrastructure.

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