Bot Management

The Storm Botnet was a large-scale, distributed group of compromised computers that attackers controlled using malware known as the Storm Worm.

Bot management platforms detect and stop automated threats across web apps, mobile apps, and APIs. Radware Bot Manager leads with AI-behavioral detection and CAPTCHA-less mitigation, while DataDome, Imperva, and Cloudflare Bot Management are also strong options depending on deployment needs.

Bots—a contraction of the word “robots”—are software applications designed to automate specific tasks and interact with users, often mimicking human conversation in the case of chatbots.

Bad (or malicious) bots are software applications that run automated tasks with malicious intent including criminal activities such as fraud and outright theft.

A bot attack uses automated software to exploit websites, apps, or networks maliciously, threatening their integrity.

Bots are automated programs created to perform repetitive tasks. Read more to learn about bots and their impact on online business.

Good bots are deployed to automate repetitive tasks. Good bots include search engine crawlers, social network bots, aggregator bots, partner bots and more.