The Rise of “Bulletproof” Residential Networks
Summary: KrebsOnSecurity examined Residential Networking Solutions LLC, a Maryland provider holding almost 70,000 IPv4 addresses, about 7,000 of which had been under AT&T Mobility's control until late 2018 and were labeled through the Wireless Data Service Provider Corporation, which said it was recommended Resnet in a communication it believed came from AT&T and that "we got duped." AT&T said it had "taken steps to terminate this company's services and have referred the matter to law enforcement," while a Hackforums user named Profitvolt advertised resnetworking.com for residential proxies used in credential stuffing, sneaker botting, and social media spam.
What you should know: Residential and mobile IPs cycle between users, so blacklisting one for abuse risks blocking the next legitimate customer - which is why roughly half of the Internet bandwidth hitting online retailers is now automated bot activity, per the Akamai report cited here.
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