Grinch Bots strike again: defending your holidays from cyber threats

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This post details the continued evolution of Cloudflare's bot management capabilities, specifically focusing on the rise of AI bots and their impact during peak shopping periods like Black Friday. It quantifies the increase in bot traffic, including AI bots and those originating from residential proxy networks. The post highlights new detection methods for AI bots and residential proxies, and provides actionable advice for customers on how to leverage Cloudflare's Bot Management and WAF features to protect against these threats, including blocking AI bots and monitoring for account takeover attempts.