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The Rise of “Bulletproof” Residential Networks

Krebs on Security

Cybercrooks increasingly are anonymizing their malicious traffic by routing it through residential broadband and wireless data connections. Back when the WDSPC was first created, there were quite a few mobile wireless data companies. Traditionally, those connections have been mainly hacked computers, mobile phones, or home routers.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

The FTC claims that spy phones secretly harvested and shared data on people's physical movements phone news online activities through a hidden hack. So here's the thing, SpyPhone is not an isolated incident. Apps that haven't yet been flagged as such, but do the same thing. There are literally dozens of other examples.