Category Archive For "BotGuard Blog"
Free Bot Protection for Ukraine
BotGuard will extend our service free of charge to all existing and new Ukrainian users and partners without limiting the traffic volume.
New Dashboard Release
Hello fellow security enthusiasts! Last Thursday our dev team was celebrating our first big release for this year. The dashboard we had implemented for our initial release was good enough to start with. But as time passed, the company grew and matured, and trends started changing, there was also a growing demand for new features, …
A Slow Website = Cart Abandonment
Poor website performance is one of the worst things that can happen to an eCommerce business. Fortunately, in most cases there’s a simple way to speed up the site’s performance, provided its basic settings are configured correctly. A slow website is one of the more obvious technological risks for an online business, and poor performance …
Log4j Pandemic and Some Thoughts on 0-Day Threats
Nearly a month and a half has passed since the events described here took place, and it seems that virtually everyone who is anyone in the IT sector (or close to it) heard when the story broke. Unfortunately, just hearing the news is one thing, being affected by it is another thing entirely. The worst …
CloudFlare vs Shared Hosting Providers
In November 2021 CloudFlare changed its policy and disabled some partner API resources. At first glance, this seems like a rather routine action, fully in line with CloudFlare’s strategy, and moreover, quite meaningful from the point of view of cyber security. Here’s how the team at CloudFlare explained the change: Thanks for contacting Cloudflare support. …
How Much Does the Hosting Industry Waste on Uplink?
According to various estimates, anywhere between a quarter to half of all web traffic today is generated by bad bots. This is what we call parasitic traffic and it poses no benefits to either website owners or hosting companies in any way. However, one thing is clear: If you pay for uplink, and you’re not …
BotGuard vs BitNinja
When it comes to buying a bot protection service, choosing the right provider can be daunting. While we respect our competitors, we also believe our solution is more accessible and effective for a wider range of clients and end-users. We’ve gathered some information in this blog that will hopefully help you choose the best solution …
BotGuard vs DataDome
When it comes to buying a bot protection service, choosing the right provider can be daunting. While we respect our competitors, we also believe our solution is more accessible and effective for a wider range of clients and end-users. We’ve gathered some information in this blog that will hopefully help you choose the best solution …
Bot Landscape: Attack on E-commerce
Maybe you’ve noticed in the last several months that bots are crawling all over the news. No pun intended. It seems like these pesky little pieces of software are finally catching the public’s attention – and in a big way. We’re pleased to present you with our latest digest of the most interesting and relative …
Starting today our new blog site is available to you
The BotGuard official blog has moved to blog.botguard.net. An important part of the BotGuard mission is to update you on the everchanging bots landscape, including information on automated website traffic, crawlers, scrapers, browser emulators, and means of protection against all malicious activity. Integrating our official blog seamlessly with our BotGuard web site allows us to …