Topic: bots
Stytch updates Device Fingerprinting to improve bot detection
The authentication provider Stytch is releasing new features in its Device Fingerprinting offering aimed at making it easier for companies to detect bots and fraud. Stytch Device Fingerprinting creates unique and persistent fingerprints for each visitor by analyzing subsignals of device hardware, network TLS profile, and active browser markers. It is also invisible to users, … continue reading
Cloudflare users can now block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers by changing one setting
Cloudflare has added a new option in its settings to help its customers easily block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers with a single click. Companies building generative AI models use web scrapers to get content to train their models with. “Google reportedly paid $60 million a year to license Reddit’s user generated content, Scarlett Johansson … continue reading
Q&A: Bad bots and their impact across the internet
Bots are becoming more and more of a challenge for companies to deal with. To learn more about how bots impact different industries, we spoke with Nick Rieniets, field CTO of Kasada, on the most recent episode of our podcast Get With IT. They had recently released a report on this topic, so we invited … continue reading
Report: Nearly half of all internet traffic is bots, a third is bad bots
The percentage of internet traffic that is bots continues to rise every year, and last year bots made up 49.6% of all internet traffic, which was a 2% increase from 2022. This is according to Imperva’s 2024 Bad Bot Report, which analyzed bot traffic across the internet. They found that the proportion of bots out … continue reading
Fastly Bot Management solution released to help cut down on fraud
Fastly has announced a new bot management solution to help companies fight back against bots at the edge. Fastly Bot Management was designed to help cut down on fraud, DDoS attacks, account takeovers, and other online abuse. It automatically identifies and stops bots that are attempting to engage in fraudulent activity, which could ultimately result … continue reading
IBM and Cloudflare expand partnership to deal with bot-based attacks
The companies have been working together since 2018, when IBM released an application for configuring security solutions, which ran on Cloudflare, called IBM Cloud Internet Services (CIS). “As the threat landscape continues to grow, it’s more important than ever to evolve our offerings to better support our clients in their cyber resiliency journey,” said Nataraj … continue reading
Appdome partners with F5 to deliver anti-bot services to any app, without coding
Appdome, the mobile industry’s first cloud hub for mobile app integration, is announcing “Appdome for F5 Anti-Bot Mobile”—a service that enables codeless, automatic integration of F5’s Anti-Bot SDK with any mobile app. Available under Appdome’s Identity service category, Appdome for F5 Anti-Bot Mobile streamlines the implementation of F5’s bot prevention solutions by alleviating the cost and complexity associated with … continue reading
ITSM’s next wave: AI and machine learning
IT help desk technicians and administrators can’t move fast enough to keep up with the flood of tickets that are coming their way these days. The good news is that help is on the way. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and predictive analytics, the ability to automate the resolution of IT … continue reading
