Why it matters: The usefulness of Captcha tests depends on their ability to deter bots without significantly inconveniencing human users. Although not yet peer-reviewed, the results of a new study ...

Spammers are using a bot to sidestep barriers that Microsoft Corp. has erected to keep scammers from creating massive numbers of accounts on its Live Mail service, a security researcher said today.

Spammers have cracked Microsoft Corp. ‘s latest defense against abuse of its Live Hotmail e-mail service using a sophisticated network of hacked computers that receive encrypted instructions from a ...

Bots are better and significantly faster than humans at cracking Captcha tests, according to a comprehensive new study that inspected the security system deployed in over 100 popular websites.

Bots are better and faster than humans at online CAPTCHA tests designed to keep them out of websites. The finding calls into question whether we should continue using these kind of security measures, ...

How do you let people create user accounts or post comments on your Web site without letting spam bots in? Simple — make your users prove they’re human. Many Web sites use CAPTCHA (Completely ...

One of the latest tricks employed by cybercriminals is the fake CAPTCHA scam. These prompts look familiar, even harmless, but ...

What happens here matters everywhere. by Todd Bishop on December 13, 2023 at 4:28 pm December 14, 2023 at 7:32 am As shown in court documents, this is the 1stCAPTCHA site where Microsoft says the ...