Bad bots continue to affect consumers and organizations across all sectors. For over eleven years, Imperva has been dedicated to helping organizations manage and mitigate the threat of bad bots. We’ve published the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report as part of our commitment to helping organizations better understand the challenges associated with automated traffic and the risks of not mitigating it. The eleventh edition of the annual report shares insight on the latest bad bots statistics and trends from the past year, providing valuable information and guidance about the nature and impact of automated traffic. Here are five key takeaways from the report: Malicious Automated Traffic Continues to Increase Automated traffic makes up almost half of all internet traffic worldwide. Generally speaking, automated traffic comprises two types of automation: good and bad bots. Concerningly, bad bots alone account for nearly a third of all traffic, at 32%, with their volume increasing for the fifth consecutive year. Our research indicates that more than half of the countries we studied experienced higher-than-average levels of bad bot traffic. The rise in popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Learning Models (LLMs) contributed to the increase in automated traffic in 2023. The technology uses web scraping and crawling to feed training models while commoditizing bots by enabling non-technical users to write scripts. Generative AI Fuels the Rise in Simple Bad Bots The report…Read More