Blog Security Bad Bots: 6 Common Bot Attacks and Why They Happen 6 Common Bad Bots — What They Want and How They Get It Christine Ferrusi Ross is a Product Marketing Director at Akamai, where she leads go-to-market messaging for the Application Security portfolio. Prior to Akamai, she worked with blockchain and security startups on product/market fit and positioning. She also spent many years as an industry analyst helping organizations buy and manage emerging technologies and services. We’ve outlined six of the most common bad bots to illustrate their intent and behavior. Bots are automated programs designed to carry out tasks online, often operating on websites or applications. There are good bots, like search engine crawlers and site development and monitoring services, which improve user experiences and enhance business performance. And then … there are bad bots. Bad bots attack organizations by disrupting services or stealing data.…