Security News

Bot Fraud to Cost Advertisers $7 Billion in 2016 (Threatpost)
2016-01-20 13:19

Mitigating fraud has long been an uphill battle for the online advertising world and numbers released Tuesday indicate it’s been a pricey one.

Ad-clicking bots predicted to rip US$7.2 billion from Mad Men (The Register)
2016-01-20 08:11

Rise of automation: Battle of the bots (Help Net Security)
2016-01-20 07:45

As outlined in the Global Application and Network Security Report 2015-2016, Radware found that throughout 2015, no industry was immune to cyber attacks, and few were prepared. In 2016, attacks are...

Exploit kits throw Flash bash party, invite Crypt0l0cker, spam bots (The Register)
2016-01-11 09:10

2016 Could See Google Challenge WhatsApp With Chat Bots (Forbes)
2015-12-23 18:53

2015 Bot Traffic Report: Humans Take Back the Web (Reddit)
2015-12-12 08:25

Data breaches and bots are driving cybercrime surge (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 07:21

From July to September, ThreatMetrix detected more than 90 million attempted attacks across industries, representing a 20 percent increase over the previous quarter. This increase in attacks can large...

A Study in Bots: DiamondFox (Reddit)
2015-10-28 16:36

Attackers are turning MySQL servers into DDoS bots (Help Net Security)
2015-10-28 15:34

Someone has been compromising MySQL servers around the world and using them to mount DDoS attacks. The latest targets of these attacks are an (unnamed) US hosting provider and a Chinese IP address. ...

NSA? Illegal spying? Europe's head lawyer is talking out of his Bot, says US government (The Register)
2015-09-29 08:16