Port 22

Of Cybercriminals and IP Addresses

You don’t like having the FBI knocking on your door at 6 am in the morning. Surprisingly, nor does your usual cybercriminal. That is why they hide (at least the good ones), for example, behind layers of proxies, VPNs, or TOR nodes. Their IP address will never be exposed directly to the target’s machine. Cybercriminals will always use third-party IP addresses to deliver their attacks. There are