What Is a Bot in Website Traffic? Types and Examples
Understand bot traffic, useful crawlers, automated browsers and AI agents. Learn what identity, behavior and permission reveal about each website visit.
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Paywall Abuse Prevention: Protect Access and Reading Limits
Prevent paywall abuse with server-side entitlements, safe caching and persistent reading limits. Separate content leaks from account sharing.
Time Zone Fraud: 6 Signals Security Teams Can Verify in Logs
Learn how security and fraud teams detect time zone fraud, compare browser and IP signals, and preserve forensic evidence with logs normalized to UTC.
VPN False Positives: 6 SOC Checks Before Escalating an Alert
See why VPN alerts misclassify ordinary traffic, six SOC checks for validation, and why teams need account and device evidence before escalation.
Fraud Prevention Strategies for Web Apps
Practical fraud prevention strategies for web apps, from signup and login to offers and checkout. Match controls to the abuse at each step.
UTM Fraud Detection: 4 Signal Groups for Marketing Analysts
See how analysts use MRC and IAB standards, GA4 and BigQuery checks, and visit signals to assess UTM traffic, with explainable scores from ShieldLabs.
Remember This Device for MFA With a Persistent Device ID
Design remember this device for MFA with a revocable trust credential, persistent device context, expiry and step-up authentication for sensitive actions.
How to Detect AI Agents on a Website
Detect AI agents on a website by separating operator identity, automation evidence and authorization. Protect accounts while permitting useful public crawling.
Fraud Detection API for Web Apps: From Browser Signal to Backend Decision
Integrate a fraud detection API into web signup and login with browser collection, verified server results, signed webhooks and clear timeout handling.
Fraud Analytics: Reading Device and Risk Patterns in Web Traffic
Use fraud analytics to investigate risk signals, account events and traffic sources. Read dashboard units correctly and join evidence to real outcomes.
How to Evaluate Device Fingerprinting Accuracy on Real Traffic
Test device fingerprinting accuracy with independent ground truth, return recognition, collisions, splits and coverage. Keep benchmarks and claims separate.
Detecting Device Farms Behind Fake Web Accounts
Investigate device farm fraud in web accounts using device relationships, signup timing and benefit eligibility, while keeping legitimate shared use visible.