Identify Proxy Users With Reliable Detection Databases

Identifying proxy users with reliable detection databases is widely used for legitimate purposes, but they are also an attractive vehicle for fraudsters and other malicious activity. These activities include committing click fraud, counterfeiting products, and generating user generated content spam. They often use a variety of methods to hide their identity, including rotating IP addresses, using different proxies, and bypassing security controls.

Traditional proxy detection tools rely on ping tests between the proxy and other reference points such as regional data centers, popular search engines or telecom providers. The problem is, that these tests can easily evade modern proxies. The most accurate and effective way to detect proxies is to look at the nuanced behavior of connections.

Identify Proxy Users with Reliable Detection Databases

IPQS’ leading IP reputation database accurately captures a wide range of malicious proxy types. This enables you to quickly and easily deploy proxy detection in SOAR platforms such as Swimlane, Splunk, CrowdStrike, LogRhythm, Rapid7, D3 Security, and ThreatQ. It can also be integrated into firewalls from F5, Barracuda, Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto. In addition, it can be deployed to enterprise firewalls that support the X-Forwarded-For header to map a username in the XFF field to the user’s corresponding IP address and enforce policy accordingly. For example, it can be used to enforce policy on ecommerce sites and other marketplaces that enable login by proxy. This helps prevent fraudulent activities such as account takeovers, false registrations, and high value purchases without disrupting legitimate users.

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