2024 Australian Account Take Over Security Survey
Download our comprehensive 2024 Australian Account Takeover Security Survey for insights on account protection strategies and emerging threats.
A bot, short for "robot" or "web robot," is an automated software program designed to perform specific tasks on the internet without direct human intervention. Bots operate by following a set of predefined rules or algorithms to complete repetitive tasks, interact with websites, or analyze data at a much faster rate than a human user.
Bots can be classified into various types based on their functionality and purpose. Some common types of internet bots include:
Bots can be beneficial or harmful, depending on their intended purpose and how they are used. Good bots, like search engine crawlers and chatbots, improve the overall functionality and user experience of the internet. In contrast, bad bots, like spam bots and malicious bots, can cause harm to websites, users, and online infrastructure. Grey bots, such as backlink analysis and marketing bots, fall somewhere in between, providing valuable information and services but potentially causing problems if they crawl websites too aggressively or are misused.
To find out more about bots see the following articles:
What type of bots are there?
What malicious bot attacks are there?
What percentage of traffic is bots?
What is user-agent spoofing?
What is a CAPTCHA?
What is a javascript bot challenge?
What are AI/LLM web scrapers?
What is Bot Management?
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