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All analysis published to date, in one list — bot-driven fraud attacks and the defenses built against them.
Your 'Send Code' Button Is a Money Pump: How Bots Turn OTA SMS Verification Into Fraud Revenue
Every 'text me a code' button on a travel site is wired to a meter, and bots run it deliberately, at scale — because the charges it generates are their revenue, not just your cost.
Attack pattern
2026-09-01
Fraudulent Affiliate Networks: How Sub-Affiliate Fraud Rings Drain Marketing Budgets
A trusted top-level affiliate account can hide a whole layer of sub-affiliates fabricating clicks, leads, and commission-eligible cookies underneath it.
Business fraud
2026-08-25
Seat Spinning: The Bot Attack That Empties Your Cart Without Ever Buying
Bots hold the same inventory in a pending state, let it expire, and repeat — creating scarcity without ever buying anything.
Attack pattern
2026-08-18
The Booking Wasn't Human: How AI Shopping Agents Are Becoming OTAs' New Scraping Problem
The visitor comparing your fares might not be a scraper, and it might not be a human either — it might be an AI agent acting on a traveler's behalf.
AI analysis
2026-08-12
The Bot Check You Never See: How Behavioral Biometrics Score You Before Any CAPTCHA Loads
Many bot-detection systems score whether you're human from mouse movement and typing rhythm, before any CAPTCHA ever loads.
Defense
2026-08-10
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