Security News > 2023 > May > Cybercriminals use proxies to legitimize fraudulent requests

Bot attacks were previously seen as relatively inconsequential type of online fraud, and that mentality has persisted even as threat actors have gained the ability to cause significant damage to revenue and brand reputation, according to HUMAN. Bad bot traffic.

Bad bot traffic overall increased even as people spent less time online.

Legitimate human traffic dropped 28% YoY, but bad bot traffic increased 102% YoY - meaning that the percentage of bad bots out of overall traffic has increased even faster.

Carding attacks rose 134% YoY, account takeover attacks rose 108% YoY, and scraping rose 107% YoY. Certain industries experienced more bot attacks than others.

The holiday shopping season drew more automated attacks than the rest of the year; the peak day saw 199% more bad bot traffic than the yearly average.

Enterprise attackers prefer to hide behind desktop devices, as 26% of malicious requests appeared to come from mobile, as compared to 61% of legitimate requests.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/05/01/malicious-bot-attacks/