Security News

Radware to Acquire Bot Mitigation Firm ShieldSquare
2019-01-08 14:44

Cyber security and application delivery solutions provider Radware on Monday announced plans to acquire bot management company ShieldSquare.  read more

Your two-minute infosec roundup: Drone arrests, Alexa bot hack, Windows zero-day, and more
2018-12-22 03:02

Some last-minute wrapping of security-related tips from this week Roundup If you're reading this while on-call for IT support, network security, or what have you, then we salute you. If you're...

Researchers Find Thousands of Twitter Amplification Bots in Just One Day
2018-12-11 14:02

7,000 Twitter Amplification Bots Found in One Day's Search read more

70% of businesses using bots to boost efficiency, only 5% govern their access to data
2018-12-05 15:00

As software bots spread throughout the enterprise, business leaders must control their access to sensitive information, according to a SailPoint report.

‘Grinch bots’ are ruining holiday shopping. Lawmakers hit back
2018-11-28 11:29

The bill would outlaw automated scripts that snap up discounted holiday must-haves so resellers can gouge people with exorbitant markups.

Cequence Security announces application security platform to stop bot attacks
2018-11-15 02:00

Cequence Security released Cequence ASP, an application security platform that provides a scalable defense against the growing number of bot attacks affecting today’s hyper-connected...

Bots and Botnets: Addressing the Security Challenges
2018-11-02 07:18

Malicious bots and botnets are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated, and enterprises need to address them in their risk assessments and security frameworks, says Akamai's Aseem Ahmed.

Bot Fighter Shape Security Raises $26 Million
2018-11-01 19:45

Shape Security, a provider of bot protection and anti-automation solutions, today announced that it has raised $26 million in growth capital, bringing the total raised by the Mountain View,...

Election security in the age of bots, operatives, and digital attacks
2018-10-24 13:10

Former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos tells us what he learned in 2016, and what comes next.

Repairnator bot finds software bugs, successfully submits patches
2018-10-22 11:30

Can a bot create valid, high-quality fixes for software bugs more rapidly than a human can, and get them accepted by human developers and permanently merged in the code base? A group of...