Every time you tick a box that says “I’m not a robot” or select all the pictures with traffic lights, you’re taking a tiny test called CAPTCHA — short for Completely Automated Public Turing test to ...

Bots account for nearly half of global internet traffic, increasing the need for online security. Whether browsing on an ...

Spammers are using a bot to sidestep barriers that Microsoft Corp. has erected to keep scammers from creating massive numbers of accounts on its Live Mail service, a security researcher said today.

Why it matters: The usefulness of Captcha tests depends on their ability to deter bots without significantly inconveniencing human users. Although not yet peer-reviewed, the results of a new study ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly demonstrated its superiority over humans when it comes to solving online CAPTCHA tests designed to differentiate between human users and automated bots. Can ...

As AI-orchestrated bot attacks take a heavy toll on their targets, Australian businesses need the capability to thwart bot ...

Spammers have cracked Microsoft Corp. ‘s latest defense against abuse of its Live Hotmail e-mail service using a sophisticated network of hacked computers that receive encrypted instructions from a ...

How do you let people create user accounts or post comments on your Web site without letting spam bots in? Simple — make your users prove they’re human. Many Web sites use CAPTCHA (Completely ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...