Internet bots clog information highways
Bots account for almost half of Internet traffic, according to a report by data security firm Imperva
The threats from bots, or software that run automated (and mostly repetitive and annoying) tasks over the Internet, favoured by hackers, spammers and impersonators, account for almost half of Internet traffic, according to the latest Bot Traffic Report by Imperva, a firm specializing in cyber and data security products. Almost half of the bot traffic is bad or malicious, the report found.
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