Bad Bots as a Service are a Troubling New Hurdle for Businesses

In the past, cybercriminals needed to be skilled enough to develop and execute cyberattacks on their own. Now, that’s no longer necessarily the case. Thanks to a rise in bots as a service, cybercriminals can outsource bot creation—which leaves them plenty of time to focus instead on strategically outsmarting detection methods, finding new flaws to exploit and breaching sensitive data. To put it another way, financial means now trump technical skills in the ability to launch hard-hitting bot attacks.