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Dubai Residential Security Installations Double as Prices Fall and Communities Expand

In the latest development, Dubai residential security installations double as prices fall and communities expand. Dubai, UAE. The residential security market in Dubai reached AED 480 million in 2025. The Dubai Security Industry Association projects that figure will climb to AED 620 million by 2027. That trajectory is not driven by fear alone. It is…

Cyber criminals too are working from home… your home

The FBI is so concerned about the threat of residential proxy attacks and the dangers posed by cyber criminals using the technique that it has posted guidance on its website. Residential proxies are used by cybercriminals to reroute traffic between individuals and the websites they visit to make it appear to originate elsewhere? By taking…

Cyber criminals too are working from home… your home

The FBI is so concerned about the threat of residential proxy attacks and the dangers posed by cyber criminals using the technique that it has posted guidance on its website. Residential proxies are used by cybercriminals to reroute traffic between individuals and the websites they visit to make it appear to originate elsewhere? By taking…

Authorities dismantle SocksEscort proxy network behind millions in fraud

SocksEscort, a residential proxy network used to exploit thousands of compromised home routers worldwide and facilitate large-scale fraud that cost victims millions of dollars, has been disrupted in an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Department of Justice. The domain seizure notice Law enforcement agencies seized 34 domains and 23 servers located in…

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort

Authorities from multiple countries dismantled SocksEscort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369,000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs and the Shadowserver Foundation, said the malicious proxy service compromised routers…