mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)

[[TODO: MAP ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY]]

Category: [[TODO: MAP CATEGORY]] Avg 10.5 req/min Seen on 48 systems 116 observed requests 2 exact variants First seen August 3, 2026 Last seen October 19, 2026

[[TODO: MAP INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH 1]]

[[TODO: MAP INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH 2]]

What is mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)?

[[TODO: MAP DEFINITION SUMMARY]]

[[TODO: MAP SHORT REFERENCE SUMMARY]]

Analyst summary: [[TODO: MAP ANALYST REPORT SUMMARY]]
User-agent
mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)
Observed source IPs
0
Observed requests
116
Source networks
62
Exact variants
2
Latest hit count
122
Latest miss count
119
Latest 404 count
0
Unique paths
47
Related campaigns
[[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN COUNT]]

Observed exact user-agent strings

mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) First seen August 3, 2026 · Last seen October 19, 2026
mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0 http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) First seen August 8, 2026 · Last seen August 18, 2026

Behavior profile

[[TODO: MAP BEHAVIOR PROFILE INTRO]]

Category
[[TODO: MAP CATEGORY]]
Average request rate
10.5 requests per minute
HTTP and HTTPS support
[[TODO: MAP HTTP HTTPS SUPPORT]]
HTTP version support
[[TODO: MAP PROTOCOL SUPPORT SUMMARY]]
Redirect behavior
[[TODO: MAP REDIRECT BEHAVIOR]]
Robots.txt behavior
[[TODO: MAP ROBOTS TXT BEHAVIOR]]
Crawl-rate behavior
[[TODO: MAP CRAWL RATE BEHAVIOR]]
JavaScript execution
[[TODO: MAP JAVASCRIPT SUPPORT]]
Form submission activity
[[TODO: MAP FORM SUBMISSION ACTIVITY]]
Malformed URL requests
[[TODO: MAP MALFORMED URL BEHAVIOR]]
HTTP/1.0: [[TODO: MAP HTTP 1.0 SUPPORT]] HTTP/1.1: [[TODO: MAP HTTP 1.1 SUPPORT]] HTTP/2: [[TODO: MAP HTTP 2 SUPPORT]] HTTP/3: [[TODO: MAP HTTP 3 SUPPORT]] [[TODO: MAP HEADER ORDER FINGERPRINTED]]

Source distribution

[[TODO: MAP SOURCE DISTRIBUTION INTRO]]

Top countries

Country Networks Site sightings Share
United States 34 45 59.5%
India 5 5 9.5%
Israel 3 3 5.2%
Germany 3 4 3.4%
United Kingdom 1 1 3.4%
Taiwan 1 2 3.4%
United Arab Emirates 2 2 3.4%
Spain 3 3 2.6%
Netherlands 2 2 1.7%
Lithuania 1 2 1.7%

Top ASNs

ASN Organization Networks Share
AS203020 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 8 13.8%
AS399804 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 6 11.2%
AS400529 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 2 10.3%
AS400810 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 3 7.8%
AS207990 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 4 6.9%
AS396982 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 7 6.0%
AS16509 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 3 5.2%
AS9009 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 2 4.3%
AS3462 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 1 3.4%
AS8075 [[TODO: MAP ASN ORGANIZATION]] 1 3.4%

Top datacenters

Provider Type Snapshots Share

Representative source IPs

[[TODO: MAP REPRESENTATIVE IPS INTRO]]

HTTP fingerprint and request characteristics

[[TODO: MAP HTTP FINGERPRINT INTRO]]

Observed header order
[[TODO: MAP HTTP HEADER ORDER SUMMARY]]
Common headers sent
[[TODO: MAP COMMON HEADERS SUMMARY]]
TLS and HTTPS behavior
[[TODO: MAP TLS HTTPS SUMMARY]]
URL normalization behavior
[[TODO: MAP URL NORMALIZATION SUMMARY]]
Malformed request patterns
[[TODO: MAP MALFORMED REQUEST SUMMARY]]
[[TODO: MAP OBSERVED HTTP HEADERS]]

Observed sample requests

[[TODO: MAP SAMPLE REQUESTS INTRO]]

GET
/?author=19
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=18
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=17
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=16
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=15
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=14
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=13
Status pattern: HTTP 403
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=12
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=11
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=10
Status pattern: HTTP 403
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=9
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026
GET
/?author=8
Status pattern: HTTP 404
Seen 1 times, Last seen September 14, 2026

Related campaigns and associations

[[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGNS INTRO]]

[[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN NAME]]

[[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN SUMMARY]]
Related IPs: [[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN IP COUNT]], Systems seen: [[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN SYSTEMS SEEN]]
Confidence: [[TODO: MAP RELATED CAMPAIGN CONFIDENCE]]

Detailed analyst report

[[TODO: MAP ANALYST REPORT PARAGRAPH 1]]

[[TODO: MAP ANALYST REPORT PARAGRAPH 2]]

[[TODO: MAP ANALYST REPORT PARAGRAPH 3]]

Frequently asked questions about mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)

What is mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)?

[[TODO: MAP FAQ WHAT IS ANSWER]]

Is mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) considered malicious?

[[TODO: MAP FAQ MALICIOUS ANSWER]]

Does mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) respect robots.txt and crawl-rate controls?

[[TODO: MAP FAQ ROBOTS ANSWER]]

What infrastructure is commonly associated with mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)?

[[TODO: MAP FAQ INFRASTRUCTURE ANSWER]]