Bad bots are taking over the web. Banks are their top target

MEUDON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2025-

Thales announced the publication of the "Imperva Bad Bot Report 2025", a global analysis of automated bot traffic throughout the Internet. This year's report is the 12th annual research study and shows that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing bots' development, as even less skilled actors start bot attacks on a larger scale and at higher frequency [...] The post Bad Bot Report – Artificial Intelligence fuels rise of diffic…

With AI's Help, Bad Bots Are Taking Over the Web

Bad bots are becoming increasingly difficult to detect as they more easily mimic human behaviors and utilize evasion techniques, researchers say.

Bad bots are taking over the web. Banks are their top target

Research conducted by Imperva, a Thales company, found that bad actors are using generative AI to create automated threats that are more sophisticated than earlier generations of malicious bots, and they are going after banks' APIs.