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Why Bots Are Winning – And Regular Users Are Losing

· 3 min read
Tem Gordash
Tem Gordash
Research Team

Over the past few years, changing an IP address has become trivial. With thousands of proxies, VPNs, and other masking tools at their disposal, bots and malicious actors can evade simple IP-based detection methods with ease. In this new landscape, relying solely on IP reputation to block bad traffic is proving obsolete.

Current Strategies and Their Limitations​

  1. Traffic Analysis
    Many solutions focus on traffic quality, IP reputation, and identifying bad actors. While this can mitigate large-scale DDoS attacks, it often struggles against more advanced bots using frameworks like Puppeteer or Selenium.

  2. Visual Challenges
    Interactive prompts (e.g., CAPTCHAs) attempt to verify if a user is human. Unfortunately, these measures degrade the user experience and are easily bypassed by automated solving services readily available online.

Who’s on the Other Side?​

A vast community of highly skilled and motivated bot developers is constantly innovating. They typically fall into three main categories:

  1. Building near-perfect emulations of regular user environments
    Tools like Bot Browser work to mimic everyday browsing behaviors and signatures.

  2. Using established solutions from well-known players
    Frameworks like Apify offer prebuilt modules that streamline bot creation and deployment.

  3. Targeting vulnerabilities in anti-bot systems directly
    Projects like brokecord-solver specialize in bypassing protective measures without fully emulating standard user behavior.

Additionally, specialized Discord bots can analyze a website’s defenses—determining the security provider in use and pinpointing critical APIs—making circumvention even easier.

Antibot Tactics

Exploiting GitHub Actions for Stealth​

Bot developers also exploit existing cloud infrastructures like GitHub Actions, allowing them to run automated tasks on clean IP addresses from a large, ever-changing pool of machines. This tactic makes activity extremely difficult to track. Check out this demo to see how it works in practice.

Conclusion​

Despite the growing number of anti-bot tools, many solutions fail to enhance user experience or collaborate with broader communities. They also lack robust monitoring and continuous improvements, enabling bot developers to exploit known gaps that linger in public forums and code repositories.

How We Solve It​

At OverpoweredJS, we tackle these issues head-on:

  • Invisible to the end user – No friction points or CAPTCHAs that disrupt the user flow.
  • Detection of popular bot frameworks – Including GitHub-based tools and beyond.
  • Stable user identification – Persists across IP changes and various environments.
  • Continuous learning – Adapts based on emerging bot developer techniques.

BONUS: Unbreakable Browser ID
A unique identifier built from over 400 device parameters, ensuring consistent, stable tracking across IP changes, private browsing modes, and multiple device setups. Integrate OverpoweredJS with Cloudflare or other cloud providers to achieve unmatched security levels.

Try it now and stop bots before they even get started!