The Good Tech Companies - IPinfo Expands Privacy Detection Capabilities With Advanced Residential Proxy Coverage

Episode Date: July 11, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ipinfo-expands-privacy-detection-capabilities-with-advanced-residential-proxy-coverage. IPinfo launches Residential Proxy Detection API to help security teams detect cloaked threats and reduce fraud from anonymized residential IP traffic. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #residential-proxy-detection, #ipinfo-api, #fraud-prevention, #threat-intelligence, #anonymized-ip-traffic, #security-api, #risk-scoring, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @ipinfo. Learn more about this writer by checking @ipinfo's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. IPinfo has launched a Residential Proxy Detection API, enhancing its privacy detection suite to identify traffic routed through residential IPs—often used in fraud and abuse. With API, database, and Snowflake access, the solution helps security teams detect cloaked threats, enrich threat intel, and tune risk models with fresh, actionable IP data.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. IPinfo expands privacy detection capabilities with advanced residential proxy coverage, by IPinfo, IP data provider. Seattle, Washington, the 8th of July, IPinfo, the Internet data company, today announced the launch of its residential proxy detection API, extending its industry-led privacy detection capabilities to help security and fraud prevention teams identify one of the most evasive forms of anonymized IP traffic. Residential Proxy Detection is also available via downloadable database and Snowflake integration. Residential Proxy networks have become a critical

vector for fraud, account takeovers, and large-scale abuse. Unlike VPNs or data center proxies, residential proxies route traffic through real, residential IPs, masking the true origin of requests, often without the residential IP owner's knowledge due to malware or deceptive installations. Their residential nature allows them to bypass traditional iodine monophosphide-based detection and blend into legitimate traffic patterns. Residential proxy detection is a direct response to the operational needs of security and anti-fraud teams, especially those at the enterprise level who face increasingly complex and high-volume abuse scenarios," said Ben Dowling, CEO of IPinfo.

Residential proxies are a preferred tactic of sophisticated attackers. The data we provide gives companies deeper insight into cloak threats and the IP infrastructure behind them. As these proxies become increasingly prevalent in large-scale abuse scenarios, the ability to accurately detect them has become a critical element of any modern defense strategy against malicious behavior. IPinfo's residential proxy data is designed for enterprise fraud, risk, and security teams to strengthen fraud detection, spotting cloaked transactions and synthetic identities that rotate through residential proxies to simulate legitimate users.

Threat intelligence. Enriching security event data with proxy metadata to support society investigations. Risk scoring. Prov providing a weighted input in authentication and authorization models. Abuse mitigation, for reviewing manipulation and credential stuffing attacks that exploit residential proxies. IPINFO's residential proxy detection is available as a standalone product, and also adds a crucial layer to IPINFO's existing privacy detection data, which already identifies VPNs, relays, hosting providers, and tours. Each IP is enriched with residential proxy provider name,

last seen timestamp, a persistence score, and a mobile flag, giving security teams the context they need to gauge risk. Key benefits of IPinfo's residential proxy detection include pinpoint residential proxy sources. Each record names the proxy provider, enabling teams to block abusive networks or weight fraud risk scores. Assess risk in context. Last seen in percent days scene fields show how fresh and persistent an IP is, so teams can tune block, step up rules. Catch change fast. The data set is verified daily,

lowering false positives and surfacing newly rotated addresses sooner. Close the mobile blind spot. IPs that exit through carrier gateways are tagged with a underscore mobile suffix, improving detection of short-lived fraud and scraping attacks. Integrate quickly.

API, file downloads, and Snowflake options plug into real-time or batch workflows with minimal engineering effort. Learn more the Residential Proxy Detection API is available now. To explore the data or begin integration, visit www.ipinfo.io.reissproxy. Full API documentation, data samples, and access options are available. IPinfo is the Internet data company, providing the world's most accurate IP data that delivers highly contextual metadata on each IP address, from geolocation and mobile carrier to privacy detection and proxies. IPinfo is trusted by more than 500,000 users, from developers to Fortune 500 companies, who use IP data to make smarter

decisions, mitigate security risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive better customer experiences. IPinfo's robust and secure API processes more than 1 billion requests daily, with data also available through direct download and leading cloud platforms, all backed by a team of data experts who are committed to precision. Discover the power of better IP data at ipinfo.io Contact name, Megan Pritchard phone number 1-800-731-7893 hash hash hash. Thank you for listening to this Hacker Noon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn and

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