The use of IP geolocation API is pretty common these days in websites. Such an API is used to determine the geographical information regarding the IP address of the website visitor. Websites can glean info such as the user’s country, region, city, ZIP code, time zone, proxy an...

Everyone who has been on the Internet has heard of IPv4 and maybe IPv6. After all, without either IPv4 or IPv6, they won’t be able to communicate with other people online or visit any websites. Below, we’ll go into more details on what is an IP address and the differences betw...

Businesses use loyalty programs as a marketing strategy to motivate customers to make repeat purchases of their products or services by offering rewards or benefits. Loyalty programs which include discounts, exclusive offers or free products or services are good in strengtheni...

A proxy is a server or a computer program that acts as an intermediary between a client and a server. When a client device, such as a computer or a smartphone, wants to access a resource on the internet, it can send the request to the proxy server. The proxy server then makes...

Merchants use IP addresses to retrieve their customers’ geolocation information in order to provide a better user experience. Proxies are useful in protecting customers’ identities. While proxies have legitimate uses, a lot of people tend to abuse them to gain access to servic...

What is artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence (AI), refers to the use of machines to perform tasks that a human being normally does. These include speech recognition, image recognition, translations and so much more. One of the famous example that had been introduce...

Ever bought anything from a website? Wondered how the website actually accepts payment? All the payment related functionality in a website is thanks to the payment gateway. Payment gateway is a merchant service that authorizes credit card or other forms of payments on behalf o...

The existence of the Internet has radically transformed our daily lives. It is hard to imagine a time before the Internet revolution. So many services are easily available at our fingertips, thanks to the Internet. With a few clicks and some typing, you can pay your bills, app...

Introduction An Internet Protocol (IP) address is an unique identifier of a computer on the internet or even a local network. With this IP address, computers on a network can communicate with each others and send information. IP addresses are managed by the Internet Assigned N...

mCommerce is a channel that is growing rapidly for consumers to buy and sell products. mCommerce fraud a.k.a. mobile commerce fraud is becoming a serious problem for online merchants. People spend more time on the move these days; whether for work or leisure or just plain comm...

A botnet is a group of Internet-facing devices which are controlled remotely by a command & control (C&C) server. These devices consist of computers, laptops and Internet of things (IoT) which have been compromised via malware or hacked. This makes botnet detection ver...

What is scanner IP address Starting with the launch of the IP2Proxy Proxy Detection Database, the threat field data was added. This threat field contains the type of threat posed by the IP address. One of the possible threat classifications is the SCANNER threat type. What is...

Overview The last few years have seen a big jump in digital fraud since the COVID-19 pandemic’s outset in early 2020. Workers transitioned from office environment to working from home while students attended online classes. While studying and working from home was a necessity...

What is an e-commerce platform An e-commerce platform is a technology for seamless merging of online sales with warehouses or physical shops. The selling and buying processes are online. The distance between buyer and seller no longer matters when it comes to e-commerce. With...