Russia’s Human-Like Bots Are Too Advanced - And Harder to Detect Than You Think

I’ve spent 10 years building bots that bypass anti-fraud systems. Now I fight them by building anti-bot detection systems - and most defenses don’t work. In this article, I’ll break down how human-like bot traffic actually works - and show a simple way to make bots click on hidden links. In Russia, bot traffic is highly industrialized Almost every website receives large volumes of “direct” and “referral” visits that are not real users. These visits distort analytics and can negatively impact ran