Research and Reports

By gaining a deeper level of detail from a short proof-of-concept engagement, security teams can quickly get buy-in for bot management across the business.

Netacea’s 2021 Black Friday report offers an exclusive, in-depth analysis of what consumers experienced during the Black Friday sales, trends from our own retail customers, and the impact of malicious bots over the course of the festive sales.

Each year, Netacea’s Threat Research team predicts the top cyber-trends for the following 12 months. After the Covid-19 pandemic, cyber-attackers were able to exploit a broader, more sophisticated landscape of attack vectors.

Netacea asked 440 businesses based in the USA and UK, across eCommerce, telecommunications, entertainment (including online gaming and streaming), travel, and financial services, to consider the effect of bots on their analytics. How does it compare to ad click fraud, a more deliberate attack with a higher profile?

Netacea’s Threat Research team investigated the top five items targeted by scalper bots from July to September 2021. This quarter, the team also made predictions on the top items set to be targeted by scalpers in the run up to, and during, Black Friday weekend and Christmas 2021.

Travel and tourism businesses across the globe have suffered at the hands of the Covid-19 pandemic, but while companies try to get back on their feet, the threat of malicious bot traffic has only intensified.

This report explores in detail how combining machine learning and data science expertise between Netacea and the University of Nottingham resulted in Netacea’s Bot Management solution evolving to categorize web user intent in real time, allowing customers to block malicious traffic instantly.

Netacea’s Threat Research team looked at the top five items targeted by scalper bots from April to June in 2021. In this report, learn from the experts themselves why scalper bots are growing in sophistication and speed, and how Covid-19 has only broadened the threat landscape.

In this guide, we use real-world data from a top-five global bookmaker to delve into the tactics of arb betting bots, using the BLADE Framework™ to depict and tear down the arbitrage betting bot kill chain.

We know that malicious bots cost businesses millions of dollars every year, but quantifying the cost of this activity is challenging. Read the report for a deep dive into what the survey revealed about the real cost of malicious bot activity to businesses across the globe.

Gartner® provides businesses with advice and tools to help them achieve their goals. In the 2021 report, “the listed vendors represent what is core in the market, what it extends, and what will transform it.”

Price scraping is one of the costliest bad bot threats to online retailers. It can jeopardize the overall security of eCommerce websites, customer loyalty and brand reputation, losing sales and driving consumers to competitor sites. This guide helps retailers understand the threat of web scraping and how to stay protected from malicious scraper bots.