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Some bots are good

By lucastech • October 29, 2025

Even though the internet is full of bad bots these days, there are a few worth highlighting that are good and should be allowed.

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A new brute force WordPress bot

By lucastech • October 29, 2025

Over the past week, I've seen a new WordPress bot begin hitting sites that I had not previously been seeing.

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Stop using Redis across a network!

By lucastech • October 18, 2025

Redis is a powerful tool when used correctly, however a growing trend is to use it in the worst way possible.

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Abuse from the Amazon IP networks never end

By lucastech • October 3, 2025

Amazon currently owns over 20,000 IP subnets containing over 221 million IPs. Differentiating legitimate traffic from abusive is difficult, attackers have practically unlimited IP addresses at their fingertips.

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The bots that keep on giving

By lucastech • July 7, 2025

Bots are consistent, these abusive bots are unfortunately no different

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Friendly bot or foe?

By lucastech • July 4, 2025

Web crawlers have been around for decades, but a new breed of scraper is abusing web servers unlike any before.

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