How smart bots are infecting and exploiting the internet

According to Imperva, bad bot traffic grew to 30.2%, a 2.5% increase over 2021. In this Help Net Security video, Lynn Marks, Senior Product Manager at Imperva, discusses malicious bot activity. This is a substantial threat for businesses, leading to po… Continue reading How smart bots are infecting and exploiting the internet

Bad bots are coming for APIs

In 2022, 47.4% of all internet traffic came from bots, a 5.1% increase over the previous year, according to Imperva. The proportion of human traffic (52.6%) decreased to its lowest level in eight years. Bad bot traffic For the fourth consecutive year, … Continue reading Bad bots are coming for APIs

Cybercriminals use proxies to legitimize fraudulent requests

Bot attacks were previously seen as relatively inconsequential type of online fraud, and that mentality has persisted even as threat actors have gained the ability to cause significant damage to revenue and brand reputation, according to HUMAN. Bad bot… Continue reading Cybercriminals use proxies to legitimize fraudulent requests

What does Microsoft Bing’s new AI assistant mean for your business?

Learn what Prometheus means for Microsoft’s approach to artificial intelligence.
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Ticketmaster: Taylor Swift ticket sales disrupted by bot-driven attack

By Habiba Rashid
Joe Berchtold, president of Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation, claims that despite the cyber attack, hackers were not able to illegally obtain any tickets in the November 2022 incident.
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How to protect yourself from bot-driven account fraud

Bots continue to evolve and thrive at the expense of companies. Kasada’s research shows revenue loss from bot-driven account fraud and web scraping continues to skyrocket, despite companies spending more on bot mitigation solutions every year. In… Continue reading How to protect yourself from bot-driven account fraud

Deal with sophisticated bot attacks: Learn, adapt, improve

A computer program known as a “bot” acts as an agent for a user or another program or mimics human action. Bots are typically used to automate particular tasks so they can be used without specific human instructions. In this Help Net Securi… Continue reading Deal with sophisticated bot attacks: Learn, adapt, improve