Access Watch

Everything you need to know about one of the web's most active bots going after your accounts and login forms.

https://access.watch/blog/2017/09/mars-bot-the-internets-most-active-and-stupid-brute-force-robot/

Mars Bot – The Internet’s Most Active (and Stupid) Brute Force Robot – Access Watch Blog Brute force attacks refer to repetitive attempts to guess the login credentials of websites' user accounts or administrative backends. By gaining access to a hacked account the attacker may be able to hijack the website, steal valuable data, or alter user facing content. As you might expect, guessin...

We got a lot of feedback asking how Access Watch could plug into your existing log strategy. We might have something for you! For those using ELK (Elasticsearch / Logstash / Kibana), we're testing a new product that directly integrates our robot detection and traffic intelligence. Let us know if you're interested, we're starting private beta.

A few weeks ago at Access Watch, we quietly launched our Robot Database. Today, we want to introduce it, share the key insights and explain our vision for the future.

https://access.watch/blog/2017/05/introducing-our-robot-database/

A world of good and bad robots. Introducing our Robot Database! A few weeks ago at Access Watch, we quietly launched our Robot Database. This section of our website is an opportunity for us to help you understand how important robot activity has become, what these robots do as well as their effect on websites and web APIs. What are the key insights from our Robo...