With AI's Help, Bad Bots Are Taking Over the Web
ID: d1e02e73-3c1f-555d-8aac-12a1012b39a4
STIX ID: report--d1e02e73-3c1f-555d-8aac-12a1012b39a4
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-04-15
Date Updated: 2026-05-05
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
Thales/Imperva's 2025 "Bad Bot Report" finds 37% of web traffic is automated, with AI-enabled bots growing in volume and sophistication; ByteSpider, Applebot, ClaudeBot, and ChatGPT User Bot are prominent. The report details evasion tactics (fake browser identities, residential IPs, CAPTCHA bypass, use of privacy relays), industry impact (notably travel and retail), and recommends risk identification, blocking known bulk IP datacenters, automation-detection, and real-time API monitoring.
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