Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic globally, with so-called “bad bots” responsible for a third. The proportion of internet traffic generated by bots hit its highest level last ...

Akamai has published a new 2024 report on web traffic and found that 42% of all traffic is generated by bots, and considerable percentages of these bots in sub-sections of the internet are "high risk" ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dani Di Placido covers film, television, and internet culture. Have you heard of the Dead Internet Theory? It’s been gaining ...

A new report released today by cloud cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks Inc. finds that half of all internet traffic is now bot traffic and that bad bots contribute to 30% of traffic. The report ...

In brief: Automated bots are a dime a dozen on the modern Internet, performing a variety of tasks ranging from helpful to harmful. What you may not realize is just how prolific bad bots are, and how ...