In this book, subtitled "Defending Against Abuses, Bots and Fraud on the Internet", David Sénécal delivers a presentation of the contemporary bot threat landscape and the latest defense strategies used by leading companies to protect themselves. Readers are told how attackers think, what motivates them, how their strategies have evolved over time, and how website owners have changed their own behaviors to keep up with their adversaries. 

Sénécal also discusses how best to respond to patterns and incidents that pose a threat to sites, businesses, and customers.

Author: David Sénécal
Publisher: Wiley
Date: July 2024
Pages: 356
ISBN: 978-1394262410
Print: 1394262418
Kindle: B0D1CJR212
Audience: General
Level: Introductory/Intermediate
Category: Security

Topics include:

• A description of common bot detection techniques exploring the difference between positive and negative security strategies and other key concepts
• A method for assessing and analyzing bot activity, to evaluate the accuracy of the detection and understand the botnet sophistication
• A discussion about the challenge of data collection for the purpose of providing security and balancing the ever-present needs for user privacy

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