Beat Bad Bots: A Complete Guide to Protecting Your Digital Business From Costly Bot Attacks

Chargebacks

Management/mitigation

Botnets

Bots

PerimeterX

Sep 10, 2020

Whitepapers

Bots, or Internet robots, are applications which run automated tasks, like indexing web pages for a search engine. Bots may also be used for more nefarious purposes, such as launching denial of service attacks.

In this brief paper, PerimeterX provides examples of good bots and bad bots, then examines seven telltale ways in which businesses can help spot whether they are being hit by traffic from bad bots. Seven capabilities to detect and mitigate bad bots are presented next, with a brief look at PerimeterX's Bot Defender solution rounding out the document.

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