https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research daily 0.75 2022-10-01 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/manipulating-view-counts-on-youtube monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1612971464645-2BQT3N5TJSDARZPAVTPK/EsvdDdmXUAIsITu.jpeg Research - Manipulating View Counts on YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1612971880262-8KMNU3GP3P0ASQYH4IF4/EsvgM6yXYAA9Qnw.jpeg Research - Manipulating View Counts on YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1612970838222-G1FXCXUT8I0OT20VY8V9/EsvdA96XIAEYJS9.jpeg Research - Manipulating View Counts on YouTube https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/analytics-poisoning-a-short-review monthly 0.5 2021-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1612966789279-XNJJ56LF12HYQJJV2VOD/Screen+Shot+2020-12-05+at+2.29.08+PM.png Research - Analytics Poisoning: A Short Review https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/karma-post-farming-on-/r/wallstreetbets-for-stock-market-profit monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1612975888028-GV5VLS32GEV1GDGNUACY/Screen+Shot+2021-02-10+at+11.50.45+AM.png Research - 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Mass Ghost-Carting a Battery on Etsy https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/exploiting-lax-form-validation-for-infinite-panera-brownies monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1613505533986-XF5AB32MMFIRC7YFRAW2/Screen+Shot+2021-02-08+at+11.48.13+AM.png Research - Exploiting Lax Form Validation For Infinite Panera Brownies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1613506959851-X1SHQISI6CM5O6IR2TEB/Screen+Shot+2021-02-08+at+11.49.06+AM.png Research - Exploiting Lax Form Validation For Infinite Panera Brownies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1613504934622-K8NXOEC5AU7L7FETGCPP/Screen+Shot+2021-02-16+at+2.48.18+PM.png Research - Exploiting Lax Form Validation For Infinite Panera Brownies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1613505487782-C7VXALH1YFZHY8YA6CPQ/Screen+Shot+2021-02-08+at+11.48.00+AM.png Research - Exploiting Lax Form Validation For Infinite Panera Brownies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1613506667852-4DGGQH1PRDJAB3N367IY/Screen+Shot+2021-02-16+at+2.48.28+PM.png Research - 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Automating COVID vaccine sign-ups with browser emulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/9e7e4c58-f58c-4fa1-8751-c36ddaa83541/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+10.58.17+AM.png Research - Automating COVID vaccine sign-ups with browser emulation. https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/every-analytics-service-is-broken monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627665412980-MVV6Q61O7T64UF6UMWI3/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.54.24+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out Google Analytics dashboard overview - several days prior to the test, and then currently running test results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627664307534-TICDHJ47BY49U1BCF4Q4/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.57.57+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out We observed Mixpanel’s dashboard for a morning and found that fully 100% of the traffic we sent to our demonstration site was treated as legitimate, despite it being sourced from selenium-based browsers. No matter how complicated or simplistic our visitations, no attempt was made to detect, block, mitigate, or otherwise discount the traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627664394515-5AE21TPCRQ0S1646I2MP/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.54.58+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out Oribi costs, at minimum, about $500 per month to provide traffic statistics. We found no evidence of any attempt to block bad traffic through their service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627664572764-IENFLVYOBHVRFNWD9EQR/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.53.58+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out Indicative faithfully reports our fraudulent traffic. They advertise a professional plan which costs $950 per month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627665344157-MGHOEA959YGNEUYTW6IC/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.53.39+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out Despite taking a day to finally start reporting data, there appears to be no measure of attempting to delete fraudulent traffic on Quantcast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1627664425819-ZVFGZ2IIBNVJI0YEYUK8/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.54.14+AM.png Research - Every Analytics Service is Broken - Make it stand out Woopra encourages their users to spend $1,000 a month on their service. As with all others, this service faithfully reports our illegitimate traffic. https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/falsifying-traffic-counts-to-manipulate-website-auction-marketplaces monthly 0.5 2022-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/726c8d96-fb0b-438b-a8c4-06cf843e6c61/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.26.56+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Cost per thousand probe hits to various Flippa auction sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/2f632c29-2798-41f7-917f-4d677a46772d/80.jpeg Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Scam Listing on eBay for a “photograph” of a Playstation 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/4a087851-2fe1-4454-b0cb-41a02f61b84b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+11.47.20+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Factor relevance for how sellers initially price their auctions, and how buyers ultimately bid on those auctions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/d5f9ae2a-e50d-4a30-a020-61557f48b1ba/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.09.07+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Detailed statistics and core performance information for a sample auction from Flippa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/7568c3e7-1821-4e62-86b4-f3760118eb8d/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+10.34.10+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Three sample auctions listed on Flippa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/2b4c7d73-8801-4d62-a863-fb9475443226/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+11.47.27+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out In every circumstance, the average value we gain by faking traffic vastly outstrips the cost of faking that traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/95430bfe-55e6-45e7-8844-e54bba126dd0/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.14.36+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Google analytics traffic information presented on Flippa as “verified” evidence of valid traffic counts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/f79e520b-7f73-43c9-9970-1226f7334a9c/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.33.42+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Breakdown of visitations by IPM Probes - we use a Gaussian procedure for generating the number of hits delivered to each target to mock organic visitation flows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/d742efc9-65bb-4352-b0a3-bd84a648e777/Screen+Shot+2021-11-19+at+9.55.36+AM.png Research - Falsifying Traffic Counts to Manipulate Website Auction Marketplaces - Make it stand out Log plot of relationship between auction price and unique hits per month. https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/algorithmic-search-gaming-on-redbubble-trending-topics monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/099e7256-d025-437a-be21-509b26e35d90/Screen+Shot+2022-05-19+at+5.53.39+PM.png Research - Algorithmic Influencing on RedBubble - Make it stand out 4x results after a one week period where no larger apparent society wide trends co-occurred around axlotls, though we did send a significant amount of traffic to these specific search results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/b9441dd9-c4c2-4a3c-bdfe-d70cfef13a26/screenshot_100605_3.png Research - Algorithmic Influencing on RedBubble - Make it stand out That’s better - a full page of results by adding a few lines of code, bypassing the efforts of a $19 billion dollar company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/fffbb563-8218-42db-94d3-66b65da507c5/screenshot_100577_1.png Research - Algorithmic Influencing on RedBubble - Make it stand out Oh no, Cloudflare caught us, whatever shall we do! https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/substackdb-exploiting-lax-upload-validation-to-create-parasitic-file-servers monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/2b31827c-54e3-4782-8277-2e5130df87da/VQhkAow.png Research - SubstackDB: Exploiting Lax Upload Validation to Create Parasitic File Servers - Make it stand out Substack Editor With a Sample Picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/e1374c53-0b3d-4985-8de1-4f42f7dd8822/rdwMF5D.png Research - SubstackDB: Exploiting Lax Upload Validation to Create Parasitic File Servers - Make it stand out Uploaded 6mb slices of GPT2 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/abusing-promo-code-signup-flows-for-reliable-discounts-with-major-retailers monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654965275910-WCVOA1BIGWZ7L51749PU/screenshot_118536_5.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Web Application Firewall blocking this image Web Application Firewall blocking this bot when using a known poor-reputation cloud server IP, which is cheaper to use but more easily detected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654965278011-1SHQMKZZNH3B3Z26TL6M/screenshot_118538_2.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - WAF failure on proxy IP The WAF fails to block this bot when using an unknown reputation proxy server IP, which is more expensive to use but less easily detected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966610851-SM9935FVVIM876EXRC13/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+12.08.46+PM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - An individual bot that was successful in generating a Graco Baby Promo Code An individual bot that was successful in generating a Graco Baby Promo Code https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966611123-OK17EK4ICOC15HF8UJTO/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+12.09.09+PM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - An IPM bot's activity stream while attempting to generate promo codes An IPM bot's activity stream while attempting to generate promo codes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/875e3bba-77ad-472b-9ed2-c0a73babae1b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+11.41.04+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Make it stand out A screenshot of the IPM vulnerability engine's automation creation flow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/9981fa06-a25f-4b5c-83e5-163ed9899a71/Average+Cost+Of+Promo+Code+Generation%2C+%28Adidas%2C+Graco%2C+Steve+Madden%2C+Reebok+Composite%29+%281%29.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Make it stand out Average cost per signup attempt: $0.0668 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966326231-RCW7UNQ1E46B12J09E5Z/Number+of+Promo+Codes+Generated+Per+Brand+%281%29.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Number of Promo Codes Generated Per Brand Number of Promo Codes Generated Per Brand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966330485-H3J2U7ZXKW0DFXP6VSNN/Number+of+Promo+Codes+Attempted+Per+Brand.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Number of Promo Codes Attempted Per Brand Number of Promo Codes Attempted Per Brand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655918930428-O9T8Z5V5NL99M0TW5CQB/Effective+Promo+Code+Generation+Cost+%281%29.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Effective Promo Code Generation Cost Effective Promo Code Generation Cost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/322f59df-c159-4035-8982-e41190ed42e2/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+11.46.52+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Make it stand out Adidas dutifully telling us that we were successful and providing our promo code https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/6688b592-71eb-40be-a157-68f065f7226e/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+11.54.51+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Make it stand out Look at all those clearly tailored SEO links ready to give us promo codes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966967504-FYTH6YKZT4JVCB9JMK7S/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+10.58.15+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Example of Promo Code Abuse on Adidas Example of Promo Code Abuse on Adidas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966967336-8JMWP3N2UPLVFT64OSKJ/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+10.56.31+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Example of Promo Code Abuse on Reebok Example of Promo Code Abuse on Reebok https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966968128-YUAH8NZY5GRV74YXOTMO/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+10.55.29+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Example of Promo Code Abuse on Steve Madden Example of Promo Code Abuse on Steve Madden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1654966968674-FTU1PIQJZ8TXYMA99IZX/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+10.54.35+AM.png Research - Abusing Promo Code Signup Flows for Reliable Discounts with Major Retailers - Example of Promo Code Abuse on Graco Example of Promo Code Abuse on Graco https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/surveying-the-bot-manipulation-landscape-among-top-us-retailers monthly 0.5 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829463351-O3XDCSE1PG2RE3DXEVQT/screenshot_133050_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - PerimeterX WAF Page A PerimeterX Anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829463368-5TYRCNPSB4EG2VCY8ACC/screenshot_133561_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Cloudflare WAF Page A Cloudflare Anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829464161-VRD25R1IBXGH4ILBUJCC/screenshot_132425_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Imperva WAF Page An Imperva Anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829464761-BHFPNGEDTNO74W522PA5/screenshot_131064_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Cloudflare WAF Page Another variant of a Cloudflare Anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829465992-KMD0MGNK7N8DBUC7JLXI/screenshot_130606_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Adidas Custom WAF Page Adidas’ Custom anti-bot response https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829466205-H9RADIECYJPUCBN4YNDW/screenshot_128577_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Incapsula WAF Page An Incapsula Anti-bot Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829466788-0PKP8BRJI3FBMK0BEGA8/screenshot_127904_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Imperva WAF Page Another variant of Imperva’s Anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1655829467175-M4V7UC4PJKRHVYH1MPAU/screenshot_126605_0.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Walmart Custom WAF Page Walmart’s custom WAF anti-bot page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/c9bf4f3e-3996-4e2d-8c9d-d8f8ce003c0a/viz+%282%29.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Make it stand out Each observation is a company from the Newsweek Best Retailers 2022 article. The X-Axis is the index score that Newsweek compiled for how well-rated the retailer is according to consumers. The Y-Axis is the percent of IPM tests that were successful. The size is the rank of the retailer within each category. Each color represents a distinct top-level retail category (e.g. Food, Clothing, Home Goods). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/32946d2a-edc7-4666-8494-195191933a67/Screen+Shot+2022-06-21+at+4.23.00+PM.png Research - Surveying the Bot Manipulation Landscape Among top US Retailers - Make it stand out Bot Deployment Attack Performance Results - Note that most retailers block basic HTTP fairly well, as well as to a lesser extent stock selenium instances - more sophisticated attacks eventually outstrip the capacity of most mitigation techniques. https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/reverse-engineering-how-the-waf-industry-identifies-bots monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/595336d4-efc1-44de-8c4d-995a6bef16b9/Screen+Shot+2022-06-23+at+4.47.41+PM.png Research - Reverse Engineering how WAFs Like Cloudflare Identify Bots - Make it stand out Relative Factor Loadings for how different design features of bots influence whether or not they'll circumvent WAFs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/7636cbd9-64b1-4dd4-93ad-07816872aa9c/Untitled+drawing.png Research - Reverse Engineering how WAFs Like Cloudflare Identify Bots - Make it stand out Current IPM Bot Interface Deployment Offerings, along with whether or not they employ certain key features † https://www.ipm-corporation.com/research/distributed-denial-of-scheduling-on-calendly monthly 0.5 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/05d6a2bf-ea8a-4aa1-918f-266c303f9383/screenshot_269728_9.png Research - Distributed Denial of Scheduling on Calendly - Make it stand out A bot-created meeting for Max Fischer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1664586427975-ATJCHXL7D5Z1F3VRV6LH/Fd7fBF_XEAAdPgb.jpeg Research - Distributed Denial of Scheduling on Calendly - Max's Google Calendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1664586428415-AJ9BU41ZAT5Z36CR2XRE/Fd7fCOPWABAfBlL.jpeg Research - Distributed Denial of Scheduling on Calendly - Max's Google Inbox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/7cb7ce26-b88e-42f6-9b55-ca356578d115/Screen+Shot+2022-09-30+at+6.02.19+PM.png Research - Distributed Denial of Scheduling on Calendly - Make it stand out A look at the IPM Vulnerability Engine where we ran the demonstration attack https://www.ipm-corporation.com/home daily 1.0 2023-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/611ffe8b-10d9-42a8-a6fc-539f76644455/robot-history-SS-slide-JF0K-jumbo.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/a883d088-9194-4c26-99ea-6027d1a01e4f/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-05%2Bat%2B2.29.08%2BPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/f4f5b00d-2e0c-49ab-afd1-b1afbbe83ffe/lupa.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/e0316d18-7d66-4c59-b117-4fb776523899/betaworks.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/5e0a4062-f212-45c8-bef2-9c665784c2b4/pie.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/639a2aed-1573-46ac-8f19-77d5fb104395/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.07.48+AM.png Home Rapidly scale out real-world attack simulations on core site features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/449b1c39-fbdf-446e-9f34-c696a09410e7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.04.42+AM.png Home High level reviews of multiple bot results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/172ce4d0-2bc5-44ab-a987-58ba995b7c5c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.11.34+AM.png Home Per-bot details include cookies, sessions, user-generated variables, as well as source code, screenshots, and costs of attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/3f704aa6-002c-4e22-8e43-7938671e391a/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.37.45+AM.png Home Create bots for any arbitrary activity on any website. Provision real emails, realistic data, enter confirmation codes, and break captchas on demand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/a5c89f8c-2a8d-4f90-9b62-7c956cde9ee5/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.38.18+AM.png Home Get results across our entire threat landscape, covering the vast majority of how bot-makers build attacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/c246d55a-0082-40b2-a0e5-8bbbec65de64/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+12.03.24+PM.png Home Incorporate the IPM API to run continuous defense checks https://www.ipm-corporation.com/about daily 0.75 2023-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/7cea028a-d422-4477-a67e-2ce06fd6868f/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-05%2Bat%2B2.29.08%2BPM+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/d0265dff-64fc-4af8-89f4-63a33e9daf09/Effective%2BPromo%2BCode%2BGeneration%2BCost%2B%281%29.png https://www.ipm-corporation.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-06-02 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/basic-google-analytics-automated-traffic-mitigation daily 0.75 2021-11-24 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/solutions daily 0.75 2023-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/1893bf07-ef2d-4d4c-831e-f6e9edfb7ffb/Screen+Shot+2022-10-07+at+9.49.34+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/d721d62b-264d-447e-89d8-72ef9ad87d3c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-02+at+4.37.57+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/cbbecfe9-d3f1-4c06-b0db-d8b80ec367d2/Screen+Shot+2022-06-02+at+4.41.11+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/c70c9b0b-c592-4bc3-9b64-41dffce0939f/api-langauges.png https://www.ipm-corporation.com/request-access daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2022-03-31 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/bot-penetration-tests daily 0.75 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/3f704aa6-002c-4e22-8e43-7938671e391a/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.37.45+AM.png Bot Penetration Tests Create simulated attacks on account creation flows, mimicking realistic user input https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/172ce4d0-2bc5-44ab-a987-58ba995b7c5c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.11.34+AM.png Bot Penetration Tests Detailed diagnostics on every bot attack down to the individual session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/639a2aed-1573-46ac-8f19-77d5fb104395/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.07.48+AM.png Bot Penetration Tests Fine-grained attacker cost analysis including monetary, technical, vendor, and bandwidth costs imposed on attackers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/449b1c39-fbdf-446e-9f34-c696a09410e7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.04.42+AM.png Bot Penetration Tests Per-attack results including rendered source DOM, screenshots, and per-attack costs https://www.ipm-corporation.com/privacy-policy-1 daily 0.75 2022-06-29 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/terms-of-service daily 0.75 2022-06-29 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/request-integration-access daily 0.75 2022-07-26 https://www.ipm-corporation.com/request-ipm-integration-access daily 0.75 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/cae5ae55-7927-41f8-b1a8-1deb9ef3efd0/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-06-23%2Bat%2B4.47.41%2BPM+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/a883d088-9194-4c26-99ea-6027d1a01e4f/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-05%2Bat%2B2.29.08%2BPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/639a2aed-1573-46ac-8f19-77d5fb104395/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.07.48+AM.png Request Integration Access Rapidly scale out real-world attack simulations on core site features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/449b1c39-fbdf-446e-9f34-c696a09410e7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.04.42+AM.png Request Integration Access High level reviews of multiple bot results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/172ce4d0-2bc5-44ab-a987-58ba995b7c5c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.11.34+AM.png Request Integration Access Per-bot details include cookies, sessions, user-generated variables, as well as source code, screenshots, and costs of attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/3f704aa6-002c-4e22-8e43-7938671e391a/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.37.45+AM.png Request Integration Access Create bots for any arbitrary activity on any website. Provision real emails, realistic data, enter confirmation codes, and break captchas on demand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/a5c89f8c-2a8d-4f90-9b62-7c956cde9ee5/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+11.38.18+AM.png Request Integration Access Get results across our entire threat landscape, covering the vast majority of how bot-makers build attacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb529caefcb35601e59aad4/c246d55a-0082-40b2-a0e5-8bbbec65de64/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+12.03.24+PM.png Request Integration Access Incorporate the IPM API to run continuous defense checks