Security News > 2020 > July > The distinction between human and bot behavior is becoming increasingly blurred

As consumers change their online habits, the distinction between human and bot behavior is becoming increasingly blurred, presenting cybersecurity teams with an even bigger challenge than before when it comes to differentiating humans from bots, and good bot behavior from bad. In the past, businesses have just blocked all bot activity.

Credential stuffing involves using stolen passwords and usernames to hijack accounts-the hacker buys a list of leaked passwords and then has a bot input these passwords on other sites to try to gain access.

Unknown IP addresses or traffic from unexpected countries can also be characteristic of bot behavior.

For online retailers, a customer is likely to search for stock levels in a few different postcodes-but if a user is searching for every postcode in the UK, this could be indicative of bot behavior.

Only then will businesses truly be able to start drawing distinctions between good and bad bot behavior and human and non-human traffic.

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