Bots are stealing Christmas!

2021-12-24 05:30

Kasada released new data on the latest fraud and malicious automation trends, revealing increased threats during the holidays; rising attacks by bots; and the discovery of a new amped up All in One Grinch Bot that is being used extensively during hype drop sales.

Majority of Black Friday bad bots come from the USA, followed by Australia and the UK. "As we approach 2022, the frequency and severity of bad bots continue to threaten online businesses," said Sam Crowther, CEO, Kasada.

The team observed in recent hype sales that this new Grinch Bot spikes from 0% to 99% of the total bot requests for the duration of the sale, and then once the inventory is gone, it disappears until the next drop.

During the period between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the majority of bad bots were coming from the USA, followed closely by Australia and the United Kingdom.

Past research has shown that attacks originating from China are typically near the top of any botting activity list, but during this time period China was 6th at only 2.3% of overall bad bot traffic.

Researchers continue to observe the use of residential proxy networks to hide bots within seemingly legitimate traffic.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/12/24/malicious-automation-trends/

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