Security News > 2020 > July > Overconfident about their security, businesses are falling victims to bot attacks

Many businesses are at risk from bot attacks, despite an awareness of the problem and a widely held belief that they have the problem under control, Netacea reveals.

It found a high awareness of how bot attacks could negatively affect a business, with over 70% understanding the most common attacks, including credential stuffing and card cracking, and 76% stating they have been attacked by bots.

With over half of web traffic today generated by bots, this implies that businesses are unaware of a great deal of the bot traffic on their sites.

This lack of visibility may be down to a lack of responsibility: only one in ten businesses say that bot mitigation is the responsibility of a single department or person.

The research did reveal some good news-nearly all businesses were either investing in, or planning to invest in bot management, and almost none were cutting back on this vital security measure.

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