Antoine Vastel

Antoine Vastel

Head of Research

Antoine Vastel is Head of Research at DataDome, overseeing the SOC and threat research team. In this role, he focuses on improving DataDome’s real-time bot detection engine through different approaches, including behavioral detection, HTTP/browser fingerprinting, (residential) proxies/infected IP detection, and CAPTCHA farm detection. Antoine holds a PhD in computer science with a focus on browser fingerprinting.

Cybercast
Bots are pesky, ill-natured, and often spiteful programs. Their capabilities constantly evolve in order to elude online defenses and take over consumer accounts. Advanced bot operations use malicious plug-ins, bot farms, and artificial intelligence to bypass and solve traditional CAPTCHA mechanisms. Ironically, traditional CAPTCHAs are often more ...
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