Proxyjacking for Profit: The Latest Cybercriminal Side Hustle
Published 2024-07-01
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In the evolving landscape of cyber threats, proxyjacking for profit is emerging as a silent adversary. While the cyber realm is familiar with hijacking resources for cryptomining and conventional malicious uses of proxies, exploiting victims' bandwidth for direct and tangible profit is a newer challenge. This presentation delves into the intricacies of proxyjacking and its challenges for cybersecurity defenders. Attendees will gain insights into its prevalence, potential future trajectories, and, crucially, defensive measures to combat this under-discussed threat.
All Comments (15)
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Is this new? I suspected proxyjacking the first time I saw a service named “residential proxies”
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Great presentation!
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Great talk loved the breakdown
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I see proxyjacking as a risk to the victims, as high risk traffic could be tunneled to these unsuspecting victims.
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I really miss the old linode logo !
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A proxy is similar to a VPN for changing different static or dynamic IP's. The only difference difference is that a VPN also encrypts the DNS requests. I'm using a proxy every day for my business to access certain sites, because changing IP's forces me to log in an verify it again the IP again. It's a completely legit use.
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Hello did you inform the the libyan company of there website ? I am in libya now and very interested in investigating it
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im hearing impaired and the transcript is hard to search through. is this vulnerability involving modifying DNS requests via the proxy end?
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16:35 no thats not the right hackernews 😭
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W
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Please move the mic away from the center of your mouth bro..
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This is evil
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This talk is easily 14 years out of relevance.
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Entirely useless talk, save you time.
