Security News

Black Hat 2018: Sneaker bots and their challenges
2018-08-17 16:29

Josh Shaul, vice president of web security at Akamai, sat down with TechRepublic's Dan Patterson at Black Hat 2018 to speak about sneaker sales' market and after-market.

Black Hat 2018: Sneaker bots and the challenges they present
2018-08-09 18:24

Josh Shaul, vice president of web security at Akamai, sits down at Black Hat 2018 to speak about sneaker sales' market and after-market.

Researchers to release open source tools to identify Twitter bots at scale
2018-08-06 19:48

Duo Security published technical research and methodology detailing how to identify automated Twitter accounts, known as bots, at a mass scale. Using machine learning algorithms to identify bot...

Would a bill banning bots do more harm than good?
2018-07-26 09:36

According to the bill as it stands now, it would be okay to use a bot as long as it discloses that it is a bot, otherwise it's "unlawful".

Robo-drop: Factory bot biz 'leaks' automakers' secrets onto the web
2018-07-23 23:47

Assembly line 'droid builder latest to be accused of leaving rsync wide open on the internet Yet another organization has allegedly been caught accidentally exposing more than 100GB of sensitive...

Twitter Unveils New Processes for Fighting Spam, Bots
2018-06-28 16:25

Twitter this week shared some details on new processes designed to prevent malicious automation and spam, along with data on the positive impact of the measures implemented in the past period. read more

Mobile is the new frontier for malicious bots
2018-06-28 11:30

Distil Networks analyzed over 100 million mobile devices on its networks. The findings suggest that sophisticated cybercriminals and bot operators now implement a new technique—leveraging mobile...

Here's why it's getting harder to distinguish between human and bot traffic
2018-06-27 14:00

Some 8% of all bad bot traffic comes from mobile devices, according to Distil Networks. Here's how to avoid infection.

Bot-driven credential abuse, DDoS attacks continue to rise
2018-06-26 16:30

Cybersecurity defenders face increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry and advanced DDoS attacks, according to Akamai....

Norman the AI bot reads Reddit, becomes “psychopath”
2018-06-07 10:25

You say tomato. I say tomahto. "Norman" would likely see a traffic fatality splattered on the asphalt.