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Bad bots accounted for nearly half of all global internet traffic in 2024, hitting their highest ever level since monitoring began in 2013, warns cybersecurity leader Imperva.

Australian mortgage broking industry pivots towards Open Banking, with the number of brokers using NextGen's solution tripling, amid potential legislative changes.

In response to growing malicious bot activity in Asia Pacific and Japan, tech giant Akamai Technologies unveils Content Protector, a new tool designed to mitigate scraping attacks while preserving beneficial traffic.

Akamai Technologies' new software 'Content Protector', launched in Sydney, promises enhanced protection for businesses against sophisticated content scraping attacks.

Trello has suffered a data breach compromising the details of 15 million users, sparking questions over the security measures at parent company, Atlassian.

SentinelLabs details FBot, a distinct Python-based malware tool, focused on cloud and payment services. Unlike peers, FBot doesn't use Androxgh0st code.

Cybercriminals utilised new tactics across wider timeframes to launch complex attacks on online retailers during the 2023 holiday season.

Retail fraud surged almost seven-fold during the festive shopping period, alerting to growing cyber risks, says a study.

Cybercriminals' new strategy resulted in a 700% hike in retail fraud during the 2023 holiday season, warns Cequence.

Barracuda's new report finds that nearly half of all internet traffic is created by bots, with 30% of this from harmful bots.

Cloudflare has announced that IBM Cloud Internet Services, powered by Cloudflare, has expanded its offering to include Cloudflare Bot Management.

The demand for RPA technology has increased significantly in recent years and is anticipated to do so for some time to come.

Check Point Research has identified a growing trend on the dark web and hacking underground involving the theft and sale of stolen ChatGPT Premium accounts.

Real-time data collection will be the main focus for over 60% of eCommerce organizations in 2023, according to a report by Oxylabs.

According to new research, web scraping is seen as the most valuable external data collection method, directly connected to company revenue generation.

Programming, writing and research skills are dominating the freelance job market, according to the Fast 50 Q4 2022 Index.

Over the next year, the spotlight will be put on optimising generative AI, cybersecurity, and ML, as well as expanding web data application.

It is estimated that more than half of organisations have not implemented web scraping due to legal concerns and complexity.

In Australia, cyberattacks against retail grew significantly in 2022, increasing the risk of fraud and data loss; automated threats caused 62% of incidents.

SAE leverages HP's task isolation technology to run each privileged access session within its hardware-enforced virtual machine (VM).