Cyberattacks can wreak havoc on retailers, and such malicious activity proved to be some of the biggest business risks for businesses throughout 2022. The cyber threat landscape for retail organizations. 62% of the threats faced by such companies were found to be automated, suggesting an increasing level of threats that companies need to be aware of.
Automated threats come in many shapes and sizes. They include Grinch bots, web scrapers, DDoS attacks, account takeovers, and more. Having said all that, putting it aside for now, it’s important to note that about 40% of all online traffic comes from bots. This can make detecting these automated threats more difficult than it otherwise would have been.
Online retailers see a 10x increase in the rate of attacks conducted through frameworks designed to maintain anonymity. Last year that percentage was just 3.5% for him, but this year it jumped to just under 33% all things considered.
Other industries are also facing an increase in automated attacks, but they still account for only 13.6% of all attacks. Malicious bot traffic increases significantly during the Christmas shopping season. This is due to the fact that this can catch unwitting shoppers. This can be a factor exposing retailers to automated threats.
A DDoS attack can bring your site down for most of the day, and can last for 13 hours or more. On days like Black Friday, when retailers are trying to maximize sales volume, this can be disastrous. API attacks have also increased significantly, with a 35% increase in his month in October. The holiday season is starting to be a particularly nasty time for retailers, largely due to malicious actors using automated attacks.
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