"New Tool Aims to Stop 'Solver Service' Bots"

Researchers at the anti-bot specialist firm Kasada have discovered the use of 'Solver Service' bots, an Application Programming Interface (API)-as-a-service tool designed to bypass most bot management systems. Solving a bot detection system's defense allows enterprising cybercriminals to now commercialize the Solver Service they deciphered and sell it for a profit. Buyers can successfully perform automated bot attacks without any technical skills and without worrying about what bot defenses are implemented into a site. Over the last year, there has been a more than 750 percent increase in the use of solver bots for login abuse/account takeover attacks in the eCommerce sector. This is especially appealing to fraudsters because it allows them to obtain hard-to-come-by items to resell for a profit, as well as scrape content, take over accounts, hoard inventory, and engage in other forms of automated fraud. In response to the discovery, Kasada is launching an enhanced platform that disrupts this growing supply chain of Solver Services and other innovative ways attackers circumvent detection. The company's approach to defeating bots adapts as fast as the attackers working against it, in contrast to older reactive bot management systems that rely on static and poorly obfuscated defense methods. This article continues to discuss Solver Service bots and the new tool developed to stop them.

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