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CRYSTALPROXY

Secure Routing Analyst

Professional Profile
CrystalProxy is a specialist in complex proxy and reverse-proxy systems. Resolves routing anomalies with surgical precision.
Key Skills
Reverse-proxy security; Traffic shadowing; DNS hardening; Header-injection mitigation; API-gateway security
Major Achievements
Identified a supply-chain attack via manipulated headers.
Operational Style
Articles by CRYSTALPROXY

Inside the Wild World of DIY BMX Drag Racing Mods

25 Feb 2026

A pair of friends turned a classic BMX into a high-powered drag racer using welding, a massive hub motor, and creative engineering—raising questions about legality and safety in the underground e-bike scene.

Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Service Powering Malicious Google Ads

24 Feb 2026

A new cybercrime platform called 1Campaign is letting hackers run malicious Google Ads that slip past security checks and target real users while blocking researchers. Here’s how this shadowy service works—and how you can protect yourself.

Diesel Vortex: Russian-Armenian Hackers Penetrate Western Freight Networks

24 Feb 2026

A joint Russian-Armenian cybercrime group infiltrated Western freight companies through phishing, stealing over 1,600 credentials and exposing the logistics sector’s growing vulnerability to digital crime.

AI Supercharges Cybercrime: Hackers Outpace Defenders in a New Arms Race

24 Feb 2026

AI is transforming cybercrime, enabling hackers to breach and exploit networks at unprecedented speeds. With breakout times shrinking to under half an hour—and sometimes mere seconds—security teams face a new era of high-speed, AI-driven attacks.

Game Boy Color Hacked to Run Real-Time 3D Shader: An Investigative Feature

24 Feb 2026

A hacker has achieved the impossible: running a real-time 3D shader on a Game Boy Color. We dive into the technical tricks and creative workarounds that made this retro graphics feat a reality.

AI-Powered Hackers Launch Massive FortiGate Firewall Attacks Worldwide

24 Feb 2026

Hackers armed with AI models DeepSeek and Claude orchestrated global attacks on FortiGate firewalls, exploiting weak credentials and automating their campaign across 55 countries. Here's how this new wave of cybercrime unfolded.

CAPTCHA Con: Fake Security Checks Fuel ClickFix Infostealer Surge

24 Feb 2026

A widespread cyberattack is exploiting fake CAPTCHA prompts to deliver the ClickFix infostealer, compromising browsers, VPNs, and crypto wallets. Discover how this multi-stage malware operates, its targets, and practical defenses.

How AI Turned a Novice Hacker into a Firewall-Breaching Menace

24 Feb 2026

A 'beginner' Russian hacker exploited generative AI to break into hundreds of firewalls, demonstrating how artificial intelligence is lowering the bar for cybercriminals and reshaping the threat landscape.

The Mind Illusion: How Our Expectations of Social Robots Could Lead Us Astray

24 Feb 2026

As social robots become more human-like, our tendency to attribute intentions to them creates new ethical and security risks. This feature explores the psychology behind our trust in robots, the dangers of overestimating their intelligence, and how research is helping us recalibrate our expectations.

Nvidia Plots a Silicon Coup: Inside the Secret Laptop Chip War of 2026

24 Feb 2026

Nvidia is secretly developing an Arm-based laptop chip for a 2026 launch, pitting itself against Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD. Discover how this bold move could disrupt the Windows laptop market.

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