Complete archive
Browse every Stopbot Blog article covering cybersecurity news, anti-bot engineering, product updates, API integrations, and security comparisons.
Build a server-side PHP bot protection flow that keeps the Stopbot API key private, applies the final access decision, preserves verified crawlers, and avoids redirect loops.
Read article: How to Block Bad Bots in PHP Without Blocking Search Crawlers →Imperva's 2026 Bad Bot Report says automated traffic exceeded human traffic in its 2025 dataset, while APIs and identity systems remained prominent targets. The response is governance, not indiscriminate blocking.
Read article: Imperva Says Automated Traffic Exceeded 53% in 2025 →Researchers say the Blacksite adversary-in-the-middle phishing kit is bundled with Cloaked.gg to serve benign decoys to suspected scanners while exposing live phishing pages to selected visitors.
Read article: Blacksite Phishing Kit Uses Cloaking to Evade URL Scanners →Akamai says AI bots represented 47.9% of commerce traffic on its network by December 2025. The finding makes intent, identity, and action-level policy more important than a binary human-or-bot label.
Read article: Akamai Reports AI Bots at 47.9% of Commerce Traffic →Google says coordinated action against NetNut degraded a residential proxy network used to conceal malicious activity. The case shows why a residential IP address cannot be treated as proof of a trusted user.
Read article: Google Disrupts the NetNut Residential Proxy Network →Compare Twilio Lookup, Telesign Phone ID, Stopbot Phone Number Identify, Abstract, and APILayer for number validation, line type, carrier, location, and integration fit.
Read article: Best Phone Number Lookup APIs for Type and Carrier Context in 2026 →Compare ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Abstract, Stopbot Email Validation, and Mailboxlayer for list hygiene, registration checks, DNS context, and developer integration.
Read article: Best Email Validation APIs for Registration and Data Quality in 2026 →Compare IPinfo, MaxMind, Stopbot IP Lookup, IP2Location, and Abstract for geolocation, ASN, company, hosting classification, and integration fit.
Read article: Best IP Lookup APIs for Network and Geolocation Context in 2026 →Compare Stopbot SmartURLs, Rebrandly, Short.io, Dub, and Bitly for teams choosing between security-aware redirects, branded links, geo routing, and analytics.
Read article: Best Smart Link Platforms for Security-Aware Traffic Routing in 2026 →Compare Stopbot Blocker V2, Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome, and Google reCAPTCHA for route-aware policy, explainable decisions, and configurable application responses.
Read article: Best Bot Mitigation Platforms for Configurable Response Policies in 2026 →
