Understanding #RESIP is crucial for risk assessment and cybersecurity awareness. This joint report underscores the importance of recognising and addressing the threats posed by the misuse of residential proxies in the cyber landscape.

A particularly malicious practice involves compromising devices and installing #proxyware on them. The attackers infiltrate their victims’ systems without their consent and secretly install the software, making the device an unwitting exit point for the #RESIP network.

The market for #RESIP services is murky, with numerous dubious providers. Cyber threat actors not only abuse these services but, in some cases, provide them, contributing to the #cybercrime ecosystem's commodification.

#RESIP, while having legitimate uses, are often exploited by cybercriminals. These "rentable" IP addresses mask the user's location by routing traffic through residential devices, making malicious activities (from #DDoS to #phishing or #cyberespionage campaigns) harder to trace.