The latest report from Akamai Technologies shows that robot traffic has accounted for 42% of the total website traffic, of which up to 65% are malicious robots, posing a serious threat to the e-commerce industry. These malicious robots are used for activities such as data theft, competitive intelligence collection, inventory hoarding, and fake website creation, seriously damaging corporate interests and user experience. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the technical challenges brought by malicious bots, such as website performance degradation, data pollution, increased security risks, and rising computing costs, and proposes corresponding defense strategies and case studies to help enterprises effectively combat bot threats and improve Website efficiency and security.
According to the latest report from Akamai Technologies, bots account for 42% of overall website traffic, 65% of which are malicious.
The report states that the e-commerce industry has been severely affected by high-risk bot traffic as the demand for stolen website data increases. While some bots are good for business, web-scraping bots are used for competitive intelligence and espionage, inventory hoarding, fake website creation and other malicious behaviors, which have a negative impact on a business's bottom line and customer experience.
The report also found that businesses face technical impacts from crawling for malicious or beneficial purposes, such as degraded website performance, contaminated website metrics, compromised credentials attacks from phishing sites, and increased computing costs.
The report also provides mitigation strategies against web scraping bots and presents a case study illustrating how once defenses against these bots are built, websites run faster and more efficiently.
Highlight:
⭐ Reports show that approximately 42% of website traffic comes from bots, 65% of which are malicious bots.
⭐ Enterprises face technical impacts from crawling for malicious or beneficial purposes, such as reduced website performance, website metric pollution, credential compromised attacks, increased computing costs, etc.
⭐ The report provides mitigation strategies against web scraping bots and presents a case study showing how once defenses against these bots are built, websites run faster and more efficiently.
All in all, Akamai's report provides a valuable reference for enterprises to deal with the growing threat of bot traffic, emphasizes the importance of proactive defense, and points out effective ways to improve website security and efficiency. Enterprises need to pay attention and take corresponding measures to protect their own interests and user experience.