Introducing Bots Unmasked: A New Book on Exposing Cyberfraud in the Era of AI

When we founded DataDome a decade ago, bots were already on the rise. What started as simple scripts quickly evolved into sophisticated tools capable of automating tasks at scale. Today, with the emergence of AI—including agentic AI—fraudsters have even more powerful ways to accelerate and optimize their attacks, mimicking human behavior with surprising accuracy. 

That’s exactly why I wrote Bots Unmasked: Exposing Cyberfraud in the Era of AI. This book is designed to help business leaders, security, and fraud practitioners understand how fraudsters and bots operate—and what you can do to outpace them.

Why cyberfraud deserves your attention

Cyberfraud has become a part of doing business online. Whether you’re running an e-commerce site, a streaming platform, or a global enterprise, automated threats are interacting with your digital ecosystem—scraping your data, testing stolen credentials, driving invalid clicks on your ads, or flooding your servers with requests. 

But here’s the good news: protecting your business is entirely possible.

Our research at DataDome shows that nearly two out of three websites worldwide are still vulnerable to basic bot attacks. But that also means there’s a clear opportunity to get ahead—by putting the right protections in place and keeping fraudsters out of your revenue streams, customer accounts, and analytics.

Why I wrote Bots Unmasked

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked on cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and SaaS security. And in that time, I’ve seen the playbook of fraudsters evolve from simple scripts to complex, AI-powered systems designed to bypass traditional defenses.

But defense strategies have evolved just as quickly. Bots Unmasked shares the practical insights my team and I have developed while working with some of the world’s largest online businesses. The book explains not only how cyberfraud works, but also how companies of all sizes can build lasting protection using modern, real-time solutions that adapt as fast as the threat landscape changes.

What you’ll take away from Bots Unmasked

Whether you’re a business leader, cybersecurity professional, or part of a fraud prevention team, my goal is to empower you to protect your enterprise with more than just high-level concepts. You don’t need another book full of theory—you need a clear framework to assess the risks, understand how attacks are evolving, and put effective, lasting defenses in place. Bots Unmasked is designed to give you exactly that.

Here’s a look at what you’ll find inside:

• A crash course on bots: What they are, how they work, and how they’ve evolved from basic scripts into sophisticated, AI-powered tools capable of mimicking human behavior at scale.
• The current threat landscape: A clear breakdown of the cybersecurity and fraud risks facing businesses today, across industries like e-commerce, travel, financial services, ticketing, and more.
• The business impact: Real-world examples of how bots affect revenue, operations, and customer experience—including the hidden costs of downtime, skewed analytics, inflated ad spend, and inventory hoarding.
• Why traditional defenses fall short: An honest look at why common solutions like CAPTCHAs, WAFs, and CDNs often fail against modern attacks—and what to consider instead.
• How to build lasting protection: A framework for selecting and optimizing bot management, including the signals, AI techniques, and threat intelligence that matters most for accurate detection and response.
• Privacy and compliance insights: Guidance on navigating global data regulations and integrating privacy into your security strategy.
• A look ahead: What’s next for bot technology, including the rise of Bots-as-a-Service, anti-detection frameworks, and agentic AI—and why breaking down silos between fraud and security teams is key to staying resilient.

Whether you’re assessing your current defenses, considering new solutions, or just looking to deepen your understanding of the cyberfraud landscape, Bots Unmasked is designed to give you practical, unbiased insights. 

This isn’t a sales pitch for DataDome—or any vendor, for that matter. It’s a resource built to help you take informed action, with real-world guidance from practitioners for practitioners, whether you’re leading strategy or working on the front lines of defense.

Get your copy of Bots Unmasked 

Fraudsters will keep innovating—but so will we. With the right tools and knowledge, staying ahead is not only possible, it’s well within reach.

Bots Unmasked: Exposing Cyberfraud in the Era of AI is available now on Amazon. You can also request a free copy on our website.