Types of automated attacks
Most attacks are automated, aimed to target a broader audience to increase the chances of success; therefore, it is important that you understand the types of automated attacks that you may face, and to do that, we will do a review of the classification of automated attacks based on the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
Account aggregation
This attack is aimed at identifying and aggregating accounts based on a common factor—for example, gathering all credentials from a given system, gathering credentials from a single user (from a plurality of systems), and so on.
Account creation
This attack is aimed at creating bulk accounts.
The objectives of attackers are varied, including using new accounts for spam, account misuse, Denial of Service (DoS), and so on.
Ad fraud
This automated attack is aimed at providing false clicks to commit fraud with advertisements, as illustrated in the following screenshot: