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Imperva

Provider of cyber and data security products

Fact-Checks

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Jan 27, 2026
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Is this true?: HUMANS NOW ONLY MAKE UP 38.5% OF INTERNET TRAFFIC. THE OTHER 61.5% IS NON-HUMAN, LIKE BOTS, HACKING TOOLS, ETC.

The headline that “” is not a settled, universally accepted fact; estimates of non‑human traffic vary widely by researcher and year, with recent industry reports clustering around roughly half non‑hum...

Dec 5, 2025
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What are legal risks and penalties for carding or using stolen payment data?

Using or trading stolen payment data—commonly called “carding”—is a serious criminal act that companies and consumers treat as identity theft and financial fraud; sources state carding is illegal and ...

Nov 28, 2025
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Which anonymization tools and cryptocurrencies are most commonly used to evade law enforcement in carding trades?

Public reporting and underground forum content show that carders commonly combine device‑anonymization tools (antidetect browsers, RDP, virtual machines, proxies/SOCKS) with cryptocurrencies or prepai...

Jan 28, 2026

How does bot traffic vary by industry (e.g., gaming, retail, finance) and what mitigation strategies are most effective?

varies sharply by industry in both volume and intent: content-heavy sectors like , , and hospitality see heavy scraping and AI-crawling, and ticketing face scalpers and inventory-grab bots, while expe...

Jan 2, 2026

Which psychological tactics do scammers use most successfully in voice (vishing) attacks?

Vishers win most consistently by manipulating basic human responses — urgency and fear to freeze reasoning, authority and impersonation to shortcut distrust, and personalization and scripted professio...

Jan 1, 2026

How do security researchers safely study dark‑web carding forums without breaking the law?

Security researchers can observe dark‑web carding forums in legally safe ways by restricting activity to passive monitoring, avoiding transactions or facilitation, documenting oversight and partnershi...

Nov 23, 2025

Have other platforms revealed account origins or taken similar actions after discovering state-linked bot networks?

Platforms and law enforcement have repeatedly exposed and disrupted state-linked botnets or large inauthentic networks: the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced court‑authorized disruptions of...