Based on the severity of their impact, detection complexity, and human-like behavior, the ShieldSquare dashboard now classifies bad bots into four generations :
1st Generation Bots: These are simple bad bots which attack using basic scripting tools from a limited number of IP addresses. These include:
- Misbehaving legitimate bots
- Bot attacking from public cloud infrastructure
- Scripted bots
- Known bad bot signatures
2nd Generation Bots: These bots operate through website development and testing tools using ‘headless’ mode. They can maintain cookies and execute JavaScript, and include the following types of bots and behavior:
- Reputational intelligence
- Programmatic session behavior
3rd Generation Bots: Bots that use hijacked, full-fledged browsers and can simulate basic human-like interactions, such as keystrokes and mouse movements, including:
- Advanced JavaScript validation failure
- Malicious browser behavior
4th Generation Bots: These are large-scale, distributed, highly sophisticated and have advanced human-like interaction characteristics, such as:
- Low and slow attacks
- Malicious intent detected
- Emulator tools
Please write to support@shieldsquare.com for any clarifications.