Fingerprinting technology to enhance protection from malicious bot attacks

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Radware has announced enhanced protection from threats posed by advanced bots through its Attack Mitigation System.

This enhancement will enable Radware in helping its customers track end user devices without the need for Internet Protocol (IP) address. Fingerprinting technology is used to precisely identify application users or website visitors who have a history of malicious behavior, and are often part of a botnet.

Ashok Kumar, MD and CEO, RAH Infotech says, "Bots generally plague businesses that conduct a high volume by exhausting application resources, scraping sensitive information from websites illegitimately and seeking vulnerabilities through application logic abuse. In order to protect applications from advanced bots or even collective human threats, website operators need more advanced user/client identification that can detect and block illegitimate users."

To help combat threat, Radware's Attack Mitigation System has been enhanced with technology that can track and precisely detect malicious end user devices regardless of the source IP address.

Device fingerprinting can also facilitate the identification of spiteful users accessing the Internet through Network Address Translation (NAT) devices that lead to many devices sharing the same IP address, and anonymous proxy services that make it gruesome to block IPs without potentially blocking legitimate users/devices.