Tafara Muwandi
RVP of Data Science
Tafara Muwandi is the SVP of Data Science at F5, and oversees the F5 Labs team.

Research by Tafara Muwandi (19)

Article | Mar 29, 2025
2025 Advanced Persistent Bot Report: Scraper Bots Deep-Dive
How much do scraper bots affect your industry?
5 min read

Article | Mar 28, 2025
Prevent Web Scraping by Applying the Pyramid of Pain
The Bots Pyramid of Pain: a framework for effective bot defense.
4 min read

Report | Mar 28, 2025
2025 Advanced Persistent Bots Report
Uncovering the true scale of persistent bot activity, and the advanced techniques that bot operators use in order to remain hidden from bot defenses.
40 min read

Article | Nov 21, 2024
Black Friday Versus The Bots
What can last year’s Black Friday shopping trends teach us about expected attacker behavior during the 2024 holiday shopping season?
11 min read

Article | Sep 5, 2024
How to Identify and Stop Scrapers
Fighting sophisticated scrapers requires advanced detection methods. Discover the techniques needed to identify and manage these hidden threats outlined in our investigation.
26 min read

Article | Aug 2, 2024
What Are Scrapers and Why Should You Care?
Data miners and scraper bots are everywhere, feeding AI LLMs and more, and many of them are NOT harmless.
14 min read

Article | Mar 14, 2024
2024 Bad Bots Review
Learn the latest trends in bots and malicious automation so you can compare with attacks against your own organizations.
15 min read

Article | Dec 14, 2023
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions
To quote the late David Foster Wallace: sure, I’m paranoid—but am I paranoid enough?
12 min read

Article | Dec 8, 2023
Fake Account Creation Bots – Part 4
The fourth and final part of a series investigating how automation is used to create fake accounts for fraud, disinformation, scams, and account takeover.
14 min read

Article | Nov 7, 2023
Fake Account Creation Bots – Part 3: 8 Ways to Identify Fake Bot Accounts
Part three of a series investigating how automation is used to create fake accounts for fraud, disinformation, scams, and account takeover.
15 min read
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