Awesome behind-the-scenes of how Vercel's BotID detects anomalies in browser fingerprints, uncovering a sophisticated botnet. In realtime, we re-classify traffic from human π£ to bot π΅. Subsequent attacks are thwarted for everyone. To protect yourself: β Turn on Vercel Bot Protection for instant filtering of basic bots (e.g.: π ππ, πππππ, ππ’ππππ scripts, clients lying about being real web browsers, etc) β Use the BotID SDK to protect high-value routes (e.g. checkout, signup, free AI demos, etc) from advanced attacks like this one.
A 500% traffic spike from a bot network appearing for the first time with legitimate fingerprints and coordinated proxy rotation. BotID Deep Analysis adapted in real-time and blocked it automatically within 5 minutes. vercel.com/blog/botid-deeβ¦