How We Keep PerkHit Safe
We know no system stops every bad actor out there. But like a car alarm, the goal is to deter as many as possible and make our platform a harder target. A little extra protection is always better than none.
Bad bot detection identifies and blocks spam bots and malicious automated traffic. Legitimate crawlers like search engine spiders and well-behaved AI assistants are welcome and pass through.
Spam database checks run every visitor against known spam databases. Repeat offenders and known bad actors get flagged before they can even interact with the system.
Auto-ban for bad behavior. The system watches for suspicious patterns and automatically blocks repeat offenders. No manual intervention needed.
Real-time input cleaning. Every single request coming into the platform is scanned and sanitized on the spot, so harmful data never reaches the system.
PerkHit is built for local businesses and the customers who walk through their doors. The vast majority of threats to any website come from overseas traffic that has no reason to be there. By limiting access to where our businesses and their customers actually are, we cut out a huge chunk of potential problems before they start.
Country-level access controls restrict the platform to visitors within the United States, where our partner businesses and their customers are located.
Known bad actor blocking. We use reputation lists to block traffic sources with a history of abuse, while leaving normal web traffic alone. Regular customers on home wifi, mobile data, or the shop wifi should never notice this layer is there.
Network-level filtering gives us additional control to block sources that are known for generating problems, without restricting ordinary customers going about their day.
SQL injection protection blocks the most common method hackers use to try to steal or manipulate data from websites.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) protection prevents attackers from injecting malicious code into pages that other users might see.
Intelligent pattern recognition does not just look for known attacks. It watches for suspicious patterns and catches new threats that are not on any list yet.
Bad bot and fake crawler blocking stops automated programs that pretend to be search engines or waste bandwidth scraping your data.
Anonymous traffic monitoring. The system watches overall traffic patterns to spot attacks and abuse in progress, not individual people. No personal info is needed to flag an attack pattern, and nothing about your normal visit to the site gets reviewed.
Threat logging. Blocked attempts are recorded so we can review what was stopped and keep tuning our defenses. These logs focus on the bad stuff we rejected, not on tracking everyday customers.
Ongoing security updates keep our protection current. New threats show up all the time, and our security rules and patterns are regularly updated to keep pace.