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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...

Phorpiex bots target remote access servers to deliver ransomware
2018-09-28 06:24

Threat actors are brute-forcing their way into enterprise endpoints running server-side remote access applications and attempting to spread the GandCrab ransomware onto other enterprise computers,...

The anatomy of fake news: Rise of the bots
2018-08-31 12:00

Spreading misinformation has become a mainstream topic to the extent that even the term ‘Twitter bot’ is a well-recognised term establishing itself into the modern lexicon. Whilst the term is well...

Loki Bot Attacks Target Corporate Mailboxes
2018-08-30 13:53

Loki Bot’s operators have been targeting corporate mailboxes with their spam messages, Kaspersky Lab reports. read more

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