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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. SSC asked fellow forum members for help in testing the security of a website they claimed was theirs: myiptest[.]com

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. Privacy breaches, whether caused by malicious hackers or employee negligence, can destroy a company’s reputation and revenues. Even if the data is stolen in a cyberattack , hackers can’t use it.

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The Rise of “Bulletproof” Residential Networks

Krebs on Security

In late April 2019, KrebsOnSecurity received a tip from an online retailer who’d seen an unusual number of suspicious transactions originating from a series of Internet addresses assigned to a relatively new Internet provider based in Maryland called Residential Networking Solutions LLC.

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