Two-Thirds of UK Websites are at Risk from Malicious Bots

 

Two thirds (66%) of UK firms are defenceless against straightforward bot assaults, according to the UK Bot Security Report from DataDome.

Security experts draw attention to the risky position that this puts UK firms in given the rising threat of automated cyber attacks

A variety of businesses, including banking, ticketing, e-commerce, and gaming, were evaluated by the security vendor’s BotTester tool, which it used to test over 2400 of the most popular sites in the nation.

Only 8% of bot requests were successfully mitigated, with more than 69% of all bot kinds being allowed to proceed, based on the research. DataDome reported that over a quarter (23%) of people found at least some of the bots.

E-commerce and classified ads had the worst performance, passing all nine bot tests while allowing over 70% of malicious bot tra

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