Security News > 2022 > December > BlackProxies proxy service increasingly popular among hackers
A new residential proxy market is becoming popular among hackers, cybercriminals, phishers, scalpers, and scammers, selling access to a million claimed proxy IP addresses worldwide.
The BlackProxies service claims to have access to a pool of 1,000,000 IP addresses from around the world, all coming from real residential users, ensuring unblocked status, low detection rates, and good speeds.
DomainTools examined the platform and found its IP address pool claims are false, as the service counts just over 180,000 available IP addresses.
While the BlackProxies service prohibits malicious and illegal activities, the service has quickly grown to become popular among threat actors.
Using KELA's DarkBeast threat intelligence platform, BleepingComputer has found numerous posts on hacking forums where the BlackProxies service is being promoted in topics about credential stuffing and account hijacking.
When the DomainTools researchers confronted the operator of the BlackProxies service about the alleged criminal activities, the operator didn't show interest in discussing details.