In today’s digital landscape, bots dominate the internet, with some estimates suggesting they account for over 50% of all website and mobile API activity. Beneficial bots support search engines, fulfill genuine business needs, and automate repetitive tasks. While some are outright malicious and enable fraud, many other bots operate somewhere in the middle—in the murky grey area between illegal and immoral. They ignore website terms of use, prevent customers from purchasing goods and services, and can even weaken security. Existing research often examines uncontrolled bot traffic across the entire internet, but this report takes a different approach and, instead, focuses on how automated traffic changes after bot mitigation is put in place.
So, we get to work. We obsess over effective attack methods. We monitor the growth of IoT and its evolving threats. We dive deep into the latest crypto-mining campaigns. We analyze banking Trojan targets. We dissect exploits. We hunt for the latest malware. And then our team of experts share it all with you. For more than 20 years, F5 has been leading the app delivery space. With our experience, we are passionate about educating the security community—providing the intel you need to stay informed so your apps can stay safe.
