cyber trends
IMPERVA HAS REVEALED BAD BOT TRAFFIC HAS REACHED A HISTORIC LEVEL IN ITS 10TH ANNUAL IMPERVA BAD BOT REPORT . WE DISSECT THE FINDINGS BELOW . mperva , the
O cybersecurity leader that protects critical applications , APIs and data , anywhere at scale , has released its 2023 Imperva Bad Bot Report , a global analysis of automated bot traffic across the Internet . In 2022 , nearly half ( 47.4 %) of all Internet traffic came from bots , a 5.1 % increase over the previous year . The proportion of human traffic ( 52.6 %) decreased to its lowest level in eight years .
For the fourth consecutive year , the volume of bad bot traffic – malicious automated software applications capable of high-speed abuse , misuse and attacks – grew to 30.2 %, a 2.5 % increase over 2021 . The staggering level of bad bot activity across the Internet in 2022 was the highest since the creation of the Imperva Bad Bot Report in 2013 . Malicious bot activity is a significant
Bots are taking over : Automated threats are a growing risk for organisations
risk for businesses as it can result in account compromise , data theft , spam , higher infrastructure and support costs , customer churn and degraded online services . Collectively , billions ( USD ) are lost annually as a result .
For the past decade , the annual Imperva Bad Bot Report has provided security and business leaders with useful and practical information about the evolution of bot technology and automated traffic . Imperva documented these annual trends to raise awareness about the business risk associated with bad bot activity .
Reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the Imperva Bad Bot Report , this year ’ s report documents milestones in the evolution of bad bot technology . Notable highlights include :
• The EarthLink Spammer , one of the world ’ s first botnets , was discovered in 2000 . It was created by a single individual and sent over a million emails as part of a phishing scam .
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