The Grinch Bot is Stealing Christmas!
Dec 3, 2021Ben Solomon
Summary
This post introduces the concept of 'Grinch Bots' as a specific type of seasonal bot attack targeting online inventory during the holiday season. It details the scale of bot traffic observed during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, highlighting that nearly 44% of internet traffic comes from bad bots. The post explains how Cloudflare's Bot Management and Bot Fight Mode are used to combat these threats, including the use of JS Challenges and the impact on bot operators. It also mentions the detection of over 300 billion bots attempting to 'add to cart' and 71% of login traffic originating from bots.
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