Characterizing AI-Assisted Bot Traffic in Darknet Data: Implications for ICS and IIoT Security

The rise of automated scanning tools and AI assisted reconnaissance agents has significantly altered internet background traffic patterns, threatening the baseline assumptions underlying intrusion detection systems IDS deployed in critical infrastructure networks. This paper characterizes the...

Interview with Tom Howe of Hydrolix: AI Bots, the Friends, Foes, and Frenemies of Online Shopping

Hydrolix expert Tom Howe explains how AI bots impact ecommerce, how to spot good vs malicious bots, and why blocking them can hurt sales...

AI Pulse: How AI Bots and Agents Will Shape 2026

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Imperva Partners with TollBit to Power AI Traffic Monetization for Content Owners

The surge in AI-driven traffic is transforming how websites manage their content. With AI bots and agents visiting sites at unprecedented rates often scraping without permission, payment, or attribution content owners face a critical challenge: how to protect their intellectual property while...

AI Pulse: How AI Bots Surface Your Content

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From Scraping to Paying: Monetizing AI Bots at the Edge

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