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Over the years, major IoT botnets like Mirai and Mozi have proven how easily routers can be exploited and threat actors have taken note. Two key issues have played in their favor: the fact that users rarely deploy new firmware to their routers, coupled with the lack of regard for security by router vendors. As a result, router vulnerabilities may persist in the wild for much longer than initially expected, even after patches are published publicly.

The recent emergence of the Eleven11bot botnet which has compromised over 86,000 Internet of Things (IoT) devices, underscores the critical vulnerabilities inherent in unmanaged IoT ecosystems. This botnet, reported by The Shadowserver Foundation, primarily targets devices such as security cameras and network video recorders, leveraging them to execute large-scale DDoS attacks against sectors including telecommunications and online gaming platforms.

With Cloudflare Waiting Room, you can safeguard your site from traffic surges by placing visitors in a customizable, virtual queue. Previously, many site visitors waited in the queue alongside bots, only to find themselves competing for inventory once in the application. This competition is inherently unfair, as bots are much faster and more efficient than humans. As a result, humans inevitably lose out in these high-demand situations, unable to secure inventory before bots sweep it all up.

At Netacea we talk about protecting our customers from sophisticated attacks carried out by bots. But what does this actually mean? How do you know you’ve got a problem with sophisticated bot attacks? We go into a detailed explanation below but it’s worth remembering that there is a human adversary behind all automated attacks. Although somewhat autonomous once programmed, bots do not attack a target without human intervention.

For years, CAPTCHA has been the mainstay of online security, blocking bots from invading websites. Since its introduction in 2007, CAPTCHA has continued to evolve in its fight against advanced automated threats, and Google's reCAPTCHA has been at the forefront. From being highly human-friendly to highly bot-unfriendly, the game has completely changed with the introduction of AI capabilities. Thus, the sensitivity towards CAPTCHA is at high stakes with respect to its survival in the detection of bots.