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PyPI Python Library "aiocpa" Found Exfiltrating Crypto Keys via Telegram Bot
2024-11-25 13:54

The administrators of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have quarantined the package "aiocpa" following a new update that included malicious code to exfiltrate private keys via Telegram....

GitHub, Telegram Bots, and ASCII QR Codes Abused in New Wave of Phishing Attacks
2024-10-11 17:13

A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver...

Websites are losing the fight against bot attacks
2024-10-08 03:00

The discovery that 95% of advanced bot attacks go undetected points to a weakness in current detection and mitigation strategies. This suggests that while some organizations may have basic...

Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually
2024-10-07 11:25

Organizations are losing between $94 - $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That’s according to The Economic...

What bots mean for businesses and consumers
2024-10-02 03:30

Simple bots have existed since the early to mid-2000s when organizations had no means to protect themselves or their website’s users from them. Yet today, despite having tools to protect against...

65% of websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks
2024-09-24 03:30

Companies across industries are seeing more bot-driven attacks, both basic and advanced, according to DataDome. An analysis of over 14,000 websites uncovered alarming gaps in protection against...

How to detect and stop bot activity
2024-09-20 04:42

Bad bot traffic continues to rise year-over-year, accounting for nearly a third of all internet traffic in 2023. Bad bots access sensitive data, perpetrate fraud, steal proprietary information,...

Musician charged with $10M streaming royalties fraud using AI and bots
2024-09-05 16:49

North Carolina musician Michael Smith was indicted for collecting over $10 million in royalty payments from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music using AI-generated songs streamed...

Adversaries love bots, short-lived IP addresses, out-of-band domains
2024-08-26 02:30

Fastly found 91% of cyberattacks – up from 69% in 2023 – targeted multiple customers using mass scanning techniques to uncover and exploit software vulnerabilities, revealing an alarming trend in...

Foiling bot attacks with AI-powered telemetry
2024-08-22 02:33

Why accurate threat detection and faster response times require a comprehensive view of the threat landscape Partner Content In today's digital landscape, the threat of automated attacks has...