US and Dutch law enforcement, with the help of Lumen researchers, have disrupted 5socks and Anyproxy, two proxy-for-rent services that were used by criminals for ad fraud and DDoS and brute-force attacks (among other things). The domain seizure notice The US Department of Justice has also unsealed an indictment against tree Russian and one Kazakhstani national, who allegedly maintained, operated, and profited from the two services. “The 5socks.net website advertised more than 7,000 proxies for … More →

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