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Websites are losing the fight against bot attacks

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Websites are losing the fight against bot attacks 2024-10-08 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The discovery that 95% of advanced bot attacks go undetected points to a weakness in current detection and mitigation strategies. This suggests that while some organizations may have basic defenses, they are ill-equipped to handle more sophisticated attacks, such as […]

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What bots mean for businesses and consumers

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What bots mean for businesses and consumers 2024-10-02 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Simple bots have existed since the early to mid-2000s when organizations had no means to protect themselves or their website’s users from them. Yet today, despite having tools to protect against these simple bots, two in three organizations have made no

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65% of websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks

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65% of websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks 2024-09-24 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Companies across industries are seeing more bot-driven attacks, both basic and advanced, according to DataDome. An analysis of over 14,000 websites uncovered alarming gaps in protection against cyber fraud, particularly within consumer-centric industries. E-commerce and luxury industries are prime

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How to detect and stop bot activity

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How to detect and stop bot activity 2024-09-20 at 07:46 By Help Net Security Bad bot traffic continues to rise year-over-year, accounting for nearly a third of all internet traffic in 2023. Bad bots access sensitive data, perpetrate fraud, steal proprietary information, and degrade site performance. New technologies are enabling fraudsters to strike faster and

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Keeping up with automated threats is becoming harder

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Keeping up with automated threats is becoming harder 2024-09-02 at 06:31 By Help Net Security 98% of organizations attacked by bots in the past year lost revenue as a result, according to Kasada. Web scraping (web crawling) is a significant threat followed closely by account fraud, with more than one third of IT/IS specialists reporting

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How AI-powered software spreads Russian disinformation on X

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How AI-powered software spreads Russian disinformation on X 2024-07-10 at 18:16 By Zeljka Zorz The US Justice Department (DoJ) has seized two US-based domains used by Russian threat actors to create fake profiles on X (formerly Twitter) that would spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. This bot farm was created and operated via

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Web scraping is not just a security or fraud problem

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Web scraping is not just a security or fraud problem 2024-06-28 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Bots compose 42% of overall web traffic, and 65% of these bots are malicious, according to Akamai. Negative effects of scraper bots on business operations Web scraping is not just a fraud or security problem, it is also

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Cybersecurity teams gear up for tougher challenges in 2024

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Cybersecurity teams gear up for tougher challenges in 2024 2024-05-28 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Tom Gorup, VP of Security Services at Edgio, discusses the continually changing threat landscape. It is riddled with vulnerabilities that are frequently exploited and only intensify as geopolitics and state-sponsored activity increase. Key

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Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic

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Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic 2024-04-18 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 49.6% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2023, a 2% increase over the previous year, and the highest level Imperva has reported since it began monitoring automated traffic in 2013. For the fifth consecutive year,

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Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting

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Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting 2024-04-05 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Browser fingerprinting is one of many tactics phishing site authors use to evade security checks and lengthen the lifespan of malicious campaigns. While browser fingerprinting has been used by legitimate organizations to uniquely identify web browsers for nearly 15 years, it is now

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Nvidia CEO’s simple solution to AI hallucination could upend crypto — but only if it works

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Nvidia CEO’s simple solution to AI hallucination could upend crypto — but only if it works 2024-03-21 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Tristan Greene The only problem: Jensen Huang’s solution is already out there, and AI systems still hallucinate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Bad bot traffic skyrockets across the web

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Bad bot traffic skyrockets across the web 2024-01-22 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Bad bots are automated programs designed with malicious intent to perform various activities on the internet, often causing harm to individuals, organizations, and online ecosystems. What makes them particularly dangerous is their ability to mimic the actions of legitimate users when

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Hackers employ nuanced tactics to evade detection

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Hackers employ nuanced tactics to evade detection 2024-01-02 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Threat actors evolved tactics, opting for a more nuanced approach that spread attacks across a broader timeframe to blend in with legitimate traffic and evade detection during peak holiday shopping times, according to Cequence Security. 2023 holiday season unveiled alarming realities

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Cybercriminals turn to ready-made bots for quick attacks

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Cybercriminals turn to ready-made bots for quick attacks 23/11/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Bots and human fraud farms were responsible for billions of attacks in the H1 of 2023 and into Q3, according to Arkose Labs. These attacks comprised 73% of all website and app traffic measured. In other words, almost three-quarters of

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Telegram trading bot Maestro refunds users 610 ETH after router exploit

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Telegram trading bot Maestro refunds users 610 ETH after router exploit 25/10/2023 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph By Helen Partz Maestrobots, a group of crypto bots on Telegram, has refunded users 610 ETH in the aftermath of a 280 ETH smart contract exploit on Oct. 24. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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AI-enabled bots can solve CAPTCHAs faster than humans

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AI-enabled bots can solve CAPTCHAs faster than humans 13/10/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Companies are losing revenue in the fight against malicious bot attacks, according to survey by Kasada. Despite spending millions of dollars on traditional bot management solutions, companies are still financially impacted by bot attacks. 38% of respondents estimate that a

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How AI is changing crypto: Hype vs. reality

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How AI is changing crypto: Hype vs. reality 27/09/2023 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph By Marco Castrovilli In the latest Cointelegraph Report, we assessed the value AI is bringing to the crypto industry, by separating the hype from real use cases. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Is the new OWASP API Top 10 helpful to defenders?

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Is the new OWASP API Top 10 helpful to defenders? 30/08/2023 at 07:32 By Help Net Security The OWASP Foundation’s Top Ten lists have helped defenders focus their efforts with respect to specific technologies and the OWASP API (Application Programming Interface) Security Top 10 2023 is no exception. First drafted five years ago and updated

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