Jim Downey's blog posts

Cybersecurity Evangelist | F5

Blog posts written by Jim Downey(11)

API Security Needs Bot Management: Addressing the OWASP Top Ten API Vulnerabilities
F5 Ecosystem | 05/16/2025

API Security Needs Bot Management: Addressing the OWASP Top Ten API Vulnerabilities

The OWASP top ten API security vulnerabilities list clearly identifies the central role bots play in attacks on APIs.

By Jim Downey
How Bots Attack Large Language Models: The OWASP LLM Top 10
F5 Ecosystem | 02/05/2025

How Bots Attack Large Language Models: The OWASP LLM Top 10

The 2025 OWASP Top 10 Security Risks for LLMs report reveals how common bot-driven attacks probe and exploit the vulnerabilities of large language models.

By Jim Downey
Secure MFA from Phishing Proxies with F5 BIG-IP APM and Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 Ecosystem | 01/09/2025

Secure MFA from Phishing Proxies with F5 BIG-IP APM and Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Adding F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense to F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) protects user accounts against real-time phishing proxies.

By Jim Downey
Bot Defense and Mobile App Shielding: The Value of Combining the Defenses
F5 Ecosystem | 08/23/2024

Bot Defense and Mobile App Shielding: The Value of Combining the Defenses

The Forrester Wave™: Bot Management Software, Q3 2024 recently named F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense a strong performer, recognizing F5 as “the only vendor whose mobile SDK can extend into a mobile a...

By Jim Downey
F5 Named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™: Bot Management Software, Q3 2024 Report
F5 Ecosystem | 08/01/2024

F5 Named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™: Bot Management Software, Q3 2024 Report

F5 named a strong performer in the Forrester Wave™: Bot Management Software, recognizing F5's strong SaaS-based offering for bot defense.

By Jim Downey
Generative AI Security and Unauthorized Content Scraping Protection
F5 Ecosystem | 04/24/2024

Generative AI Security and Unauthorized Content Scraping Protection

Combat Gen AI risks with robust content scraping protection, securing your digital assets against AI-driven theft and unauthorized data collection.

By Jim Downey
We’re All the Target: Generative AI and the Automation of Spear Phishing
F5 Ecosystem | 10/26/2023

We’re All the Target: Generative AI and the Automation of Spear Phishing

Cybercrime is evolving with the use of AI for phishing. Learn how generative AI enables automation of spear phishing and what that means for cybersecurity.

By Jim Downey
Global Privacy Assembly Warns of the Privacy Risks of Scraping
F5 Ecosystem | 09/13/2023

Global Privacy Assembly Warns of the Privacy Risks of Scraping

Data scraping by bots puts personal data privacy at risk. Learn what your organization can do to protect data security compliance efforts.

By Jim Downey
Does MFA Solve the Threat of Account Takeover?
F5 Ecosystem | 06/26/2023

Does MFA Solve the Threat of Account Takeover?

Enterprises need to take additional measures to bolster the security of MFA, including bot mitigation and the monitoring of contextual risk.

By Jim Downey
Now is the Time to Reevaluate Your Bot Countermeasures
F5 Ecosystem | 02/10/2023

Now is the Time to Reevaluate Your Bot Countermeasures

Bots cause tremendous financial pain. Not only is the impact large, the likelihood of an attack for businesses online is nearly 100 percent because the attacks are so lucrative for criminals.

By Jim Downey
Data Privacy Requires Protection against Credential Stuffing
F5 Ecosystem | 07/06/2022

Data Privacy Requires Protection against Credential Stuffing

With F5's participation, the Global Privacy Assembly recently published the first intergovernmental guidelines on credential stuffing asserting that this type of threat poses a risk to personal data o...

By Jim Downey
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