Advanced Bot Protection and HTTPS Attack Mitigation

In today’s digital landscape, malicious bots have become a pervasive threat, often used to launch sophisticated HTTPS attacks that can bypass traditional security measures. These bots can perform a range of nefarious activities, such as scraping sensitive data, conducting credential stuffing attacks, or overwhelming servers with excessive requests leading to denial-of-service conditions.

Recognizing the significance of this threat vector, Micron21 has integrated advanced bot protection mechanisms into our DDoS mitigation services to safeguard your web applications and APIs.

SSL/TLS Decryption and Behavioural Analysis

Our approach begins with the termination of SSL/TLS connections within our scrubbing platform. By securely decrypting HTTPS traffic at the network edge, we gain visibility into the encrypted data streams without compromising the security of your information. This decryption process allows us to inspect the content of the traffic thoroughly, enabling the identification of malicious bot activity that would otherwise remain hidden within encrypted sessions.

Once the traffic is decrypted, our systems employ sophisticated algorithms and behavioral analysis to detect patterns consistent with bot behavior. This includes monitoring for high request rates from single IP addresses, anomalous user-agent strings, known bot signatures, and other indicators of automated activity. When suspicious traffic is identified, we initiate a challenge-response mechanism to verify the legitimacy of the requests. This process can involve presenting the client with a computational challenge or requiring the execution of JavaScript, which standard bots are typically unable to process.