Bots now account for over half of all internet traffic

Bots now account for over half of all internet traffic

With the growth GenAI, bad bots are growing in number, experts warn.

Bots surpass humans in online traffic, Thales reports

A staggering 51% of all web traffic now comes from automated bots, with malicious activity on the rise, according to the 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report by Thales.

i2Coalition Member Spotlight: Blackwall

Bots make up half of all web traffic—sometimes even more depending on the website specifics—and the majority of those bots are useless or malicious. So we’re very happy to know the nice folks at Blackwall. GateKeeper, Blackwall’s flagship tool, keeps a wide range of cyber threats at bay—including L7 DDoS attacks, brute-force attempts, and automated bot traffic—so that only legitimate requests reach your application layer. We caught up with Black…

It turns out that more than half of all internet traffic is now made up of bots, or automated programs that perform various tasks online. According to the latest "Imperva Bad Bot 2025" report, this figure has reached 51% for the first time in a decade. The main reason for this is the rapid spread of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models. This report focuses specifically on...

Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

If you sometimes feel that the internet isn’t the same vibrant place it used to be, you’re not alone. New research suggests that most of the traffic traversing the network isn’t human at all. Introduction to Malware Bi…

AI-Powered Bad Bots Account for 51% of Traffic, Surpassing Human Traffic for the First Time

Automated traffic generated by bad bots has for the first time surpassed human activity, accounting for 51% of all internet traffic in 2024, according to the latest Imperva Bad Bot Report. This marks a significant shift in the digital landscape,… Read more → The post AI-Powered Bad Bots Account for 51% of Traffic, Surpassing Human Traffic for the First Time appeared first on IT Security News.