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Business Wire
08-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
IPinfo Expands Privacy Detection Capabilities with Advanced Residential Proxy Coverage
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IPinfo, the internet data company, today announced the launch of its Residential Proxy Detection API, extending its industry-leading 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 datacenter 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 IP-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 cloaked 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 SOC investigations Risk scoring: 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 Tors. 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 and percent days seen fields show how fresh and persistent an IP is, so teams can tune block / step-up rules. Catch change fast: The dataset 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 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 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
American Press
05-07-2025
- Sport
- American Press
American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Need to know why drives VanMetre
Sulphur High School graduate Paxton VanMetre is the 2025 American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. (Trish Leger / Special to the American Press) A basic understanding of the world around him isn't enough for Paxton VanMetre. His pursuit of knowledge — from academics to sports, band and beyond — requires a deeper understanding. 'That's everything for me,' VanMetre said. 'Knowledge for me is not just knowing where things are or what things are. 'Another big lesson I learned throughout sports is you got to have a why for everything. Why you do something and to have that knowledge of why I would do something or why a thing is, why rules are in place, why sports are a certain way.' With a healthy dose of advanced classes, VanMetre ranked 18th out of 404 with a 4.14 grade point average in his graduating class, scored a 32 on the American College Testing exam, played multiple sports and found time for band and various clubs. He is the American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. The Sulphur High School Student of the Year made sure every minute counted. 'You have to handle business,' VanMetre said. 'You find out that in class, 'All right, I got a few minutes, maybe I can knock out some math problems.' 'Or maybe, I can knock out some biology or whatever. You start finding stuff to do, so that way when you get home after a long day, you don't have to deal with a whole lot. A lot of late nights, but those are definitely worth it.' He played four seasons as a kicking specialist for the Tors football team and defense and midfield for the soccer team. With sports and playing the tenor saxophone in the band, early mornings and long days were the norm for VanMetre. He was also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the BETA Club, and the Quiz Bowl team. He is fluent in Spanish and was a TOR Guide, translating for fellow students who were learning English. 'You're tired,' VanMetre said. 'Every day you're tired, but there's an aspect of it where you have to almost force yourself some days, especially those summer workouts. 'Then, after summer workouts, now it's band camp. All right, now it's soccer practice. So, all of that would be one day. You have to be mentally strong to get through football at 6:15 in the morning. Then after football, you would go to school like normal. You're a student-athlete, student first. So you'd go to school, you'd take a test.' As a son of educators, Calcasieu Parish School Board Superintendent Jason VanMetre and Sulphur High Assistant Principal Amanda VanMetre, Paxton gained a greater appreciation for his teachers and what they do. 'They were such a help,' Paxton said. 'Just being able to say, 'All right, we've been in a classroom. We're going to tell you how teachers think. We're going to tell you how some teachers are.' And it was just a little bit of an insight into education and teachers. I was able to look into teachers' lives, and it truly gave me an appreciation for what teachers do.' With a love of math and science, VanMetre said he will pursue a degree in mechanical engineering starting this fall at Louisiana Tech. 'I always enjoyed being in those classes, whether it was my senior year with Ms. (Whitney) Bass and Ms. (Mary) Billedeaux or freshman year with Mr. (Darian) Roberson and Ms. (Georgia) Broussard,' Paxton said. 'I took physics in my junior year, and that kind of exposed me to the more science engineering aspect. I was in an engineering class my junior year as well, so that really showed me. 'I was like, 'OK, I'm loving what we're doing here. Is there any way I could do this further?' I love this. Come to find out, Louisiana Tech has a very good engineering program. It's a very hands-on experience. When I saw that in Louisiana Tech, I was like, 'All right, I'm sold.'
American Press
23-04-2025
- Sport
- American Press
LCCP records first playoff win, Tors upset Covington
After a decade of existence, the Lake Charles College Prep baseball program made history last week with its first postseason win. The 17th-ranked Trailblazers swept No. 16 Tara in a best-of-three series on the road in the bi-district round of the Select Division II playoffs. They run-ruled the Trojans 19-2 in four innings on Friday and 17-2 in three innings on Saturday. LCCP (15-18) had made the playoffs four other times in its history with the last coming in 2022. It almost upset No. 7 Berwick in 2021 before losing 5-3. The Trailblazers will travel to Lafayette this week to take on No. 1 Teurlings Catholic in a best-of-three regional playoff series starting on Thursday. Senior shortstop Christian Burgos had a productive weekend, going 5-for-7 with six RBIs as the Trailblazers reached double-digit hits in both games. He had a pair of doubles on Friday and a two-run home run Saturday. Sophomore Dylan Vital pitched a no-hitter in LCCP's win Saturday with six strikeouts and three walks. Road Warrior Tors For a second consecutive season, the Sulphur Tors went on the road in the first round and went home winners. The No. 20 Tors swept No. 13 Covington in a best-of-three Non-select Division I bi-district playoff series with a pair of dramatic wins. Sulphur opened the series Friday with a 4-2, eight-inning win using small ball. Slade Shove-Knox put down a bunt and reached base on an error and moved into scoring position on Brodie Depriest's sacrifice bunt. Carter Wilson scored the go-ahead the go-ahead run on a bunt by Braydon Stacy and Tajhai Smith's single to right field brought home Shove-Knox. Jackson Beddoe capped the Tors' big weekend with the hit of the series Saturday. He hit a walk-off two run home run to beat the Lions 7-5 and send the Tors to the regional round. The Tors' bullpen played a big role in the sweep. Wilson pitched two scoreless relief innings to pick up the win on the mound Friday, and Grayson Seaford pitched four scoreless innings Saturday. Sulphur (18-18) will travel to No. 4 Haughton for a best-of-three series starting on Friday. Near perfect Jennings senior Jenna Morvant almost pitched a perfect game Thursday as she led No. 9 Jennings to a 9-0 win over No. 24 A.J. Ellender in the first round of the Non-select Division II softball playoffs. Morvant pitched a no-hitter with nine strikeouts and missed a perfect game by one batter. She walked the third batter she faced but retired the next 18 in a row and closed the game with a strikeout.
