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)

2025 Advanced Persistent Bot Report: Scraper Bots Deep-Dive

Article | Mar 29, 2025

2025 Advanced Persistent Bot Report: Scraper Bots Deep-Dive

How much do scraper bots affect your industry?

5 min read

Prevent Web Scraping by Applying the Pyramid of Pain

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

2025 Advanced Persistent Bots Report

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

Black Friday Versus The Bots

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

How to Identify and Stop Scrapers

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

What Are Scrapers and Why Should You Care?

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

2024 Bad Bots Review

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

2024 Cybersecurity Predictions

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

Fake Account Creation Bots – Part 4

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

Fake Account Creation Bots – Part 3: 8 Ways to Identify Fake Bot Accounts

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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