Today, Trend Micro released a report titled, “AGENTS OF ABUSE: Residential Proxies and CAPTCHA-Solving Services,” to spotlight how cybercriminals use residential proxies and CAPTCHA-solving, proxies and configurations to carry out credential stuffing attacks.
Different markets and industries, including e-commerce, social media, fintech, airline and travel, and online ticket services, are losing billions of dollars each year because of fake web traffic generated by illicit scrapers, fake accounts, robot buyers, carders, and stuffers
Data revealed that 47.4 per cent of all Internet traffic in 2022 came from bots.
While CAPTCHA services and IP reputation feeds are used to counter this type of e-commerce fraud and account takeover, it has been found abusers have developed tools to counter these defensive measures.
Below are some stats worth highlighting around fake web traffic:
- 25% of newly registered accounts are fake
- 20% of login attempts are attacks
- 86% of all attacks are carried out by bots
Based on the data gathered using the Trend Micro™️ Smart Protection Network™️ from January to August 2022, business websites from different industries, including social commerce, online gaming, cryptocurrency, and travel, were affected by CAPTCHA-solving services.
You can also read the full report HERE.
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Trend Micro Details How Cybercriminals Use Residential Proxies and CAPTCHA-solving Services to Carry Out Credential Stuffing Attacks
Today, Trend Micro released a report titled, “AGENTS OF ABUSE: Residential Proxies and CAPTCHA-Solving Services,” to spotlight how cybercriminals use residential proxies and CAPTCHA-solving, proxies and configurations to carry out credential stuffing attacks.
Different markets and industries, including e-commerce, social media, fintech, airline and travel, and online ticket services, are losing billions of dollars each year because of fake web traffic generated by illicit scrapers, fake accounts, robot buyers, carders, and stuffers
Data revealed that 47.4 per cent of all Internet traffic in 2022 came from bots.
While CAPTCHA services and IP reputation feeds are used to counter this type of e-commerce fraud and account takeover, it has been found abusers have developed tools to counter these defensive measures.
Below are some stats worth highlighting around fake web traffic:
Based on the data gathered using the Trend Micro™️ Smart Protection Network™️ from January to August 2022, business websites from different industries, including social commerce, online gaming, cryptocurrency, and travel, were affected by CAPTCHA-solving services.
You can also read the full report HERE.
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