F5 Bot Defense uses real-time risk scoring to detect fraud and abuse

F5 announced enhancements to Distributed Cloud Bot Defense with persistent device identification and real-time risk scoring. The system distinguishes humans, trusted AI agents, and malicious bots, reducing CAPTCHA challenges and false positives.

• Persistent device identification detects multi-accounting and account takeover
• Real-time risk scoring catches emulators and device spoofing
• Allow, step-up, rate-limit, or block policies reduce CAPTCHA friction
• Unified framework distinguishes humans, trusted AI agents, and bots