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 over IoT devices, smartphones, or home routers, cybercriminals can mask their illegal online activities. But it’s not just consumers who are at risk: Enterprises can be the targets of those illegal activities — and their devices can be taken over too. Older devices are particularly soft targets. The FBI urged enterprises to install software updates as they ...