Security News

New team of White Ops experts to help clients and security practitioners fight sophisticated bot attacks
2020-02-13 02:15

White Ops, the global leader in bot mitigation, announced the formation of the Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team, a specialized team dedicated to researching the threats and trends that organizations are facing from sophisticated bot attacks. The primary focus for the Satori team is offering data-driven, evidence-based guidance and context on investigations and actionable recommendations to responses on bot attacks for White Ops' clients and security practitioners.

Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots: A Guide to Online Misinformation
2020-02-08 16:50

Cyborgs, trolls and bots can fill the internet with lies and half-truths. WAR OF THE BOTS AND CYBORGS. The disposable foot soldiers in this digital conflict are bots.

How Apps Open the Door to Bots
2019-12-20 21:48

Eddie Doyle of Check Point Research on the Growing ThreatThe user-friendly aspects of apps can enable malicious bots to infiltrate, says Eddie Doyle of Check Point Research, who offers insights on...

Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case
2019-12-17 19:09

Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they'd hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and...

Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots
2019-10-24 14:39

Japan's Henn na Hotel says it's "modified" the bots so pervs can't exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.

Malicious Bots: Mitigating the Threat
2019-10-07 18:18

Eric Bucher of Sequence Security on the Role of Machine LearningMalicious bot attacks are on the rise. Eric Bucher of Cequence Security describes the role machine learning can play in mitigating...

Masad Spyware Uses Telegram Bots for Command-and-Control
2019-09-27 17:31

The malware harvests data, steals cryptocurrency and drops additional malware, while masquerading as a Fortnite aimbot and more.

Researchers analyzed 16.4 billion requests to see how bots affect e-commerce
2019-09-20 04:30

The sophistication level of bots attacking e-commerce sites is on the rise, with nearly four-fifths (79.2 percent) classified as moderate or sophisticated, up from 75.8 percent in 2018, according...

Whoa, bot wars: As cybercrooks add more AI to their arsenal, the goodies will have to too
2019-09-13 18:40

The future is automated, says Trend Micro bod Infosec techies should prepare to both fend off AI attacks and welcome the technology into their armoury of tools, reckons Trend Micro's director of...

Cybercriminals set sights on bot attacks and mobile apps
2019-09-13 14:30

The past six months have seen a 13% increase in human-initiated cyberattacks. Here's what cybercriminals are targeting.