From DDoS to bots and everything in between: Preparing for the new and improved attacker toolbox
A quick glance at global headlines shows a new breach, ransomware, DDoS, or bot attack on a near-daily basis. Orchestrating these attacks and selling hacking tools has become …
Skewed analytics caused by bots damage businesses as much as ad fraud
Netacea announced results from a report that shows skewed analytics caused by bots cost businesses just as much as click fraud, despite click fraud’s much bigger profile. Bots …
As digital shopping surges, researchers predict 8 million daily attacks
Arkose Labs released new data on the latest fraud trends, revealing increased threats during the holidays, rising bot attacks, and a resurgence in attacks on travel companies. …
Bots are lurking in your zombie and shadow APIs
By far this year’s biggest trend that we’ve observed in the land of APIs is that every organization has shadow and zombie APIs and they’re a much bigger issue than most people …
Retail industry security incidents soaring, worsened by the supply chain crisis
Imperva’s 12-month analysis on cybersecurity risks in the retail industry suggests that the 2021 holiday shopping season will be further disrupted by cybercriminals …
Despite spending millions on bot mitigation, 64% of organizations lost revenue due to bot attacks
A Kasada survey covers the state of bot mitigation exclusively from the perspective of organizations already using anti-bot solutions. The state of bot mitigation 64% of …
Bots to become the future of work and provide ROI to organizations using them
The prolonged pandemic has already brought many changes to the workplace, and according to a TELUS International survey, 90% of U.S. employees believe bots will play a key …
Fraudulent robocalls to cost consumers $40 billion in 2022
Consumers will lose $40 billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2022; rising from $31 billion in 2021, a Juniper Research study reveals. Fraudulent robocalls pose threats …
Bot attack volumes growing 41% year over year, human-initiated attacks down 29%
Bot attack volumes grew 41% year over year with human-initiated attacks falling 29%, according to a report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The report confirms earlier trend …
39% of all internet traffic is from bad bots
Automated traffic takes up 64% of internet traffic – and whilst just 25% of automated traffic was made up by good bots, such as search engine crawlers and social network bots, …
Unwanted bot traffic costs businesses $250 million a year
Netacea announced results from a report that reveals the high price that businesses pay because of unwanted bot traffic. According to survey respondents, automated bots …
Turning the tide on surging account takeovers in the media industry
Account takeovers (ATOs) are on the rise, fueled by the widespread use of automated bots. The media industry, which includes social networks, content streaming, gambling, …
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