How the Crypto Challenge as Action Helped a Major Airline Reduce False Positives While Protecting the Customer Experience

Challenges of Bot Detection: Keeping Defenses High Without Triggering False Positives
Identifying bots is important and complicated work. Keeping up with ever-changing bot technologies and attack strategies requires deep knowledge and continuous threat research. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic — already threatening to throw everything off track — hasn’t made it any easier. Consumers are changing their online behavior in radical ways, and cybercriminals are paying attention. Bot attacks have increased in industries like online retailing, media, and gaming — essentially following the money as consumer habits changed in response to COVID-19. When you notice unusual traffic patterns on a website, you might be tempted to fix the problem, at least in part, by tweaking the rules. Continue reading How the Crypto Challenge as Action Helped a Major Airline Reduce False Positives While Protecting the Customer Experience

Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts

While the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are out in full force with a multitude of scams designed to take advantage of the confusion and panic. COVID-19 has — by necessity — made us all more comfortable working, playing, a… Continue reading Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts

Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts

While the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are out in full force with a multitude of scams designed to take advantage of the confusion and panic. COVID-19 has — by necessity — made us all more comfortable working, playing, and buying online. Continue reading Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts