Security News > 2020 > April > Bad bots now account for almost a quarter of all website traffic
Released Tuesday, Imperva's "2020 Bad Bot Report: The Bad Bots Strike Back" looks at how bad bots play a role in website activity and how website owners can protect themselves against these threats.
In its research, Imperva found that traffic from bad bots accounted for one-quarter of all website traffic in 2019, a jump of 18% from the prior year.
Advanced persistent bots compromised almost three-quarters of all bad bot traffic.
Many industries are impacted by bad bots, but the financial services sector was the hardest hit in 2019, accounting for almost 48% of all bad bot traffic.
Other industries in the top five bad bot list were education at 46%, IT and services at 45%, marketplaces at 40%, and government at 37%. One trend in the land of bad bots is Bad Bots as-a-Service, according to Imperva.