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Protecting your application from bot attacks (PRT019)

Talkat AWS re:Invent 2022 · 2022-11-28..12-02· [security, web-platform]
name:Dan Woods
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Login traffic peaks at almost 2.5 million attempts per hour and after applying F5 client-side signals—JavaScript/SDK behavioral biometrics, browser and header fingerprints, an emoji signal and a floating-point fingerprint—over 90% (often 98%) of traffic is classified as malicious and blocked at stage one while stage two AI/ML plus human review updates rules. Credential stuffing success rates run 0.1–3%, add-to-cart bots reach ~99%, mitigation restores latency and produced a 17% conversion lift and reported $20M incremental revenue.

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  1. 0:00Identifying attack traffic
  2. 7:26Multi-stage defense strategy
  3. 9:06Managed security operations
  4. 10:43Common bot attack vectors
  5. 12:21Advanced behavioral signals
  6. 14:45Reducing friction for users
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