Automated attacks on eCommerce get more sophisticated

The sophistication level of bots attacking eCommerce sites is on the rise according to a new report from cybersecurity company Imperva. Traffic to eCommerce sites is made up of 17.7 percent bad bots, 13.1 percent good bots and 69.2 percent humans, the findings show, and the bad bots are getting better -- but not in a good way. Nearly four-fifths (79.2 percent) of bad bots targeting eCommerce are classified as moderate or sophisticated, up from 75.8 percent in 2018, while those classified as simple have decreased from 24.2 to 20.8 percent. The rise in sophistication is, says the report, due… [Continue Reading]