Sophisticated client-side attacks use conditional logic that only triggers under specific circumstances - certain geographic locations, specific times, or particular user behaviors. Since WAFs analyze requests at delivery time rather than execution time, they can't detect these conditional payloads. A script might appear completely benign when your WAF examines the initial request, but turn malicious only when specific conditions are met in the user's browser environment.
Client-side security protects your website visitors from malicious JavaScript attacks that happen directly in their browsers.
The cost of hiring a fraudulent actor extends far beyond wasted salary expenses and in some cases has even bankrupted the victims.
Tech companies and government contractors are prime targets because they handle valuable intellectual property, source code, infrastructure credentials and sensitive data that foreign adversaries want to access.
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