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Business Wire
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Fastly Research: Commerce Industry Attacks Double as Bots Represent More Than One-Third of All Traffic
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today released its Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report, providing an overview of security trends, attack vectors and threat activity across the application security landscape. The report reveals that the commerce industry's attack volume doubled from 15% in Q1 2024 to 31% in Q1 2025, signaling a shift in attacker focus. Additionally, the report found that 37% of all observed internet traffic is from automated traffic or bots, with 89% of that bot traffic classified as unwanted, further illustrating the challenges faced by online businesses. Identifying wanted and unwanted bot traffic is crucial for businesses. Unwanted bot traffic, including malicious bot traffic, can conduct account takeovers, ad fraud or data theft. Conversely, search engine crawlers, which accounted for 66% of wanted bot traffic, can drive visibility and traffic to websites. Recognizing and managing this distinction empowers businesses to block harmful activity without impeding essential services. 'As bots make up a growing portion of internet traffic, the ability to tell the difference between useful and unwanted automation is becoming more important,' said Simran Khalsa, Staff Security Researcher at Fastly. 'If you're not actively managing bot traffic you could be spending on infrastructure, bandwidth, or performance that is effectively being wasted on serving malicious or non-productive traffic.' Fastly's quarterly threat insights report draws from 6.5 trillion monthly requests 1 across Fastly's Next-Gen WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS Protection solutions, which collectively help secure over 130,000 apps and APIs 2 across a wide range of industries, including leading e-commerce, streaming, media and entertainment, financial services, and technology companies. Key Q1 2025 findings include: Attacks on the commerce industry doubled, rising to 31% of all observed attacks in Q1 2025 from 15% of all observed attacks in Q1 2024 37% of all observed traffic originated from bots, with 89% of bot traffic classified as unwanted Commerce websites attracted the largest proportion of unwanted bot traffic at 39% High technology organizations were the most targeted industry overall, representing 35% of observed attacks Attempted logins using compromised passwords averaged over 1.3 million per day in March 2025, driven in part by the use of proxy services to automate activities Security teams can reference the insights in this report to help harden their defenses, prioritize resources, and respond more effectively to common threats. From bot management to application-layer DDoS to compromised credentials, the Q1 report provides actionable guidance grounded in real-world telemetry. To access the Fastly Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report, visit About Fastly, Inc. Fastly's powerful and programmable edge cloud platform helps the world's top brands deliver online experiences that are fast, safe, and engaging through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings that improve site performance, enhance security, and empower innovation at global scale. Compared to other providers, Fastly's powerful, high-performance, and modern platform architecture empowers developers to deliver secure websites and apps with rapid time-to-market and demonstrated, industry-leading cost savings. Organizations around the world trust Fastly to help them upgrade the internet experience, including Reddit, Neiman Marcus, Universal Music Group, and SeatGeek. Learn more about Fastly at and follow us @fastly. 1 Trailing six-month average as of April 22, 2025. 2 Source: Fastly, Inc.
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Fastly Research: Commerce Industry Attacks Double as Bots Represent More Than One-Third of All Traffic
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 3, 2025-- Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today released its Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report, providing an overview of security trends, attack vectors and threat activity across the application security landscape. The report reveals that the commerce industry's attack volume doubled from 15% in Q1 2024 to 31% in Q1 2025, signaling a shift in attacker focus. Additionally, the report found that 37% of all observed internet traffic is from automated traffic or bots, with 89% of that bot traffic classified as unwanted, further illustrating the challenges faced by online businesses. Identifying wanted and unwanted bot traffic is crucial for businesses. Unwanted bot traffic, including malicious bot traffic, can conduct account takeovers, ad fraud or data theft. Conversely, search engine crawlers, which accounted for 66% of wanted bot traffic, can drive visibility and traffic to websites. Recognizing and managing this distinction empowers businesses to block harmful activity without impeding essential services. 'As bots make up a growing portion of internet traffic, the ability to tell the difference between useful and unwanted automation is becoming more important,' said Simran Khalsa, Staff Security Researcher at Fastly. 'If you're not actively managing bot traffic you could be spending on infrastructure, bandwidth, or performance that is effectively being wasted on serving malicious or non-productive traffic.' Fastly's quarterly threat insights report draws from 6.5 trillion monthly requests 1 across Fastly's Next-Gen WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS Protection solutions, which collectively help secure over 130,000 apps and APIs 2 across a wide range of industries, including leading e-commerce, streaming, media and entertainment, financial services, and technology companies. Key Q1 2025 findings include: Security teams can reference the insights in this report to help harden their defenses, prioritize resources, and respond more effectively to common threats. From bot management to application-layer DDoS to compromised credentials, the Q1 report provides actionable guidance grounded in real-world telemetry. To access the Fastly Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report, visit About Fastly, Inc. Fastly's powerful and programmable edge cloud platform helps the world's top brands deliver online experiences that are fast, safe, and engaging through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings that improve site performance, enhance security, and empower innovation at global scale. Compared to other providers, Fastly's powerful, high-performance, and modern platform architecture empowers developers to deliver secure websites and apps with rapid time-to-market and demonstrated, industry-leading cost savings. Organizations around the world trust Fastly to help them upgrade the internet experience, including Reddit, Neiman Marcus, Universal Music Group, and SeatGeek. Learn more about Fastly at and follow us @fastly. 1 Trailing six-month average as of April 22, 2025. 2 As of April 22, 2025. Source: Fastly, Inc. View source version on CONTACT: Media Contact Spring Harris [email protected] Contact Vernon Essi, Jr. [email protected] KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: NETWORKS INTERNET SECURITY TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SOURCE: Fastly, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/03/2025 08:30 AM/DISC: 06/03/2025 08:28 AM
Hans India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
US-Based Coding Platform Glitch to Cease Hosting Services by July 2025
Glitch, the New York-based collaborative coding platform, has announced it will stop hosting web applications and user profiles on July 8, 2025. CEO Anil Dash confirmed the decision, attributing it to escalating costs and infrastructure issues, as well as user misuse. While users won't be able to host apps or maintain public profiles after the deadline, they can still access and download their project code until the end of 2025. A tool to redirect project subdomains is also in the works. Glitch will no longer accept new Pro subscriptions, though current subscribers can continue until the service ends in July. Originally launched in 2017 by Fog Creek Software, Glitch gained popularity for allowing developers to remix and share live web apps. It was later acquired by Fastly in 2022. Though some limited features may remain, the platform's future remains uncertain following this major scale-down.
The Verge
23-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
Glitch is basically shutting down
Glitch, the coding platform where developers can share and remix projects, will soon no longer offer its core feature: hosting apps on the web. In an update on Thursday, Glitch CEO Anil Dash said it will stop hosting projects and close user profiles on July 8th, 2025 — but stopped short of saying that it's shutting down completely. Users will be able to access their dashboard and download code for their projects through the end of 2025, and Glitch is working on a new feature that allows users to redirect their project subdomains. The platform has also stopped taking new Pro subscriptions, but it will continue to honor existing subscriptions until July 8th. Without these key features, it's not clear what will be left of Glitch. When The Verge reached out to Dash for clarification, he said the dashboard, app redirects, and code download tools are the 'only user features that we've confirmed availability' for after July 8th. 'Anything else that we would have to share would come in a future update, but it's just that very minimal feature set for now.' Dash launched Glitch in 2017 under Fog Creek Software, but it was acquired by the cloud service provider Fastly in 2022. In the blog post announcing the update, Dash said the time and money required to host apps 'has greatly increased as the platform has gotten older and bad actors try to misuse the platform.' However, Dash tells The Verge the team is 'still figuring out what plans might be possible for Glitch and its community going forward.'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Firing on All Cylinders: Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) Q1 Earnings Lead the Way
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let's take a look at how content delivery stocks fared in Q1, starting with Fastly (NYSE:FSLY). The amount of content on the internet is exploding, whether it is music, movies and or e-commerce stores. Consumer demand for this content creates network congestion, much like a digital traffic jam which drives demand for specialized content delivery networks (CDN) services that alleviate potential network bottlenecks. The 4 content delivery stocks we track reported a strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts' consensus estimates by 2.2% while next quarter's revenue guidance was in line. Luckily, content delivery stocks have performed well with share prices up 14.2% on average since the latest earnings results. Founded in 2011, Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) provides content delivery and edge cloud computing services, enabling enterprises and developers to deliver fast, secure, and scalable digital content and experiences. Fastly reported revenues of $144.5 million, up 8.2% year on year. This print exceeded analysts' expectations by 4.8%. Overall, it was an exceptional quarter for the company with an impressive beat of analysts' EBITDA estimates. Fastly achieved the biggest analyst estimates beat of the whole group. Unsurprisingly, the stock is up 36.8% since reporting and currently trades at $8.22. Is now the time to buy Fastly? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Founded in 1999 by two engineers from MIT, Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM) provides software for organizations to efficiently deliver web content to their customers. Akamai reported revenues of $1.02 billion, up 2.9% year on year, in line with analysts' expectations. The business had a strong quarter with an impressive beat of analysts' EBITDA estimates and EPS guidance for next quarter topping analysts' expectations. Akamai scored the highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. Although it had a fine quarter compared its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 9.2% since reporting. It currently trades at $77.73. Is now the time to buy Akamai? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Initially started as a hardware appliances company in the late 1990s, F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) makes software that helps large enterprises ensure their web applications are always available by distributing network traffic and protecting them from cyberattacks. F5 reported revenues of $731.1 million, up 7.3% year on year, exceeding analysts' expectations by 1.7%. Still, it was a mixed quarter as it posted EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts' expectations. Interestingly, the stock is up 6.3% since the results and currently trades at $281.59. Read our full analysis of F5's results here. Founded by two grad students of Harvard Business School, Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) is a software-as-a-service platform that helps improve the security, reliability, and loading times of internet applications. Cloudflare reported revenues of $479.1 million, up 26.5% year on year. This result beat analysts' expectations by 2.1%. Aside from that, it was a mixed quarter as it also logged a solid beat of analysts' billings estimates but EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts' expectations. Cloudflare delivered the fastest revenue growth but had the weakest full-year guidance update among its peers. The stock is up 22.9% since reporting and currently trades at $153.11. Read our full, actionable report on Cloudflare here, it's free. Thanks to the Fed's series of rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, inflation has cooled significantly from its post-pandemic highs, drawing closer to the 2% goal. This disinflation has occurred without severely impacting economic growth, suggesting the success of a soft landing. The stock market thrived in 2024, spurred by recent rate cuts (0.5% in September and 0.25% in November), and a notable surge followed Donald Trump's presidential election win in November, propelling indices to historic highs. Nonetheless, the outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. The path forward holds both optimism and caution as new policies take shape. Want to invest in winners with rock-solid fundamentals? Check out our Hidden Gem Stocks and add them to your watchlist. These companies are poised for growth regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Join Paid Stock Investor Research Help us make StockStory more helpful to investors like yourself. Join our paid user research session and receive a $50 Amazon gift card for your opinions. Sign up here.
