Collaborate Disseminate
Following on the retail win posted previously, this week’s win is a clothing and home décor retailer that had an account takeover/credential validation challenge that their incumbent solution was unable to address. Bad actors were targeting APIs suppor… Continue reading Tales from the Front Lines: Retailer Prepares for Holiday Bot Battle in a Matter of Weeks
One of our newest customers is a large, community-based retailer that had a mobile application and API account takeover problem. Roughly 12 months ago, they selected a JavaScript and SDK-based bot mitigation solution to address their ATO challenges. Th… Continue reading Tales from the Front Lines: Large Retailer Achieves Near Immediate Time-to-Value
Over the last few months, I’ve had many conversations with customers about securing their APIs and some common challenges they face. Many of them already have revenue-generating applications consumed by their customers and now they are starting an API … Continue reading An Alternative Approach to WAAP Architecture
If you were in the market for a PS5, a NVidia RTX3080, a Kobe jersey, or a pair of Nike Dunk Highs chances are that if you were trying to buy it by just clicking a few buttons on your phone, tablet or laptop you were out of luck. The bots beat you to t… Continue reading The Race Between Human and Machine in the Quest for the Hot New Thing
All next week, experts from Cequence Security will be sharing key threat research findings and best-practice recommendations for protecting your organization from threats such as API abuse, account takeovers, fake account creation and more. Every day C… Continue reading Get Ready— It’s Almost Bots Attack Week!
In a previous blog, I talked about how the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown had corresponded to an increase in attack intensity. Since then, different parts of the country have begun to reopen, and in some cases reclosing, yet the attackers have maintained t… Continue reading Tales from the Front Lines: Maintaining Detection Efficacy (and Your Cool) in the Summer Heat
Businesses know bots present a big threat to their security and sensitive data. But they’re not doing nearly enough to mitigate the problem, according to new research from Netacea, which looked at data across the travel, entertainment, e-commerce and … Continue reading Are Businesses Unprepared to Fight Bot Attacks?
The need for bot management is fueled by the rise in automated attacks. In the early days, the use of bots was limited to small scraping attempts or spamming. Today, things are vastly different. Bots are being used to take over user accounts, perform … Continue reading Why Organizations are Failing to Deal With Rising Bot Attacks
A leader in online dating, Zoosk is committed to delivering personalized matches to its 35+ million members. With the ultimate goal of creating lasting and meaningful relationships, protecting their users from fraud that may be caused by automated bots… Continue reading How Zoosk Detects and Mitigates Malicious Bots
I’d like to introduce you to CQ Prime, the Cequence Security threat research team whose singular mission is to help the security industry and our customers understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) utilized by cybercriminals who ex… Continue reading Introducing CQ Prime–the Cequence Security Threat Research Team