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BBB warns about how fake CAPTCHA programs can steal your information

When you log on to a site or go to buy something online, you may be asked to prove you’re not a robot. Those tests are called ...
ZDNet

That weird CAPTCHA could be a malware trap - here's how to protect yourself

As described by security firm Malwarebytes in a new report, this scheme relies on the ease with which people often follow the steps in a CAPTCHA prompt without thinking. You land on a website that ...
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New Captcha requires defeating three enemies or you're Doomed to repeat it

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch built a DOOM captcha that requires you to finish off three bad guys in Nightmare mode to prove that you’re human. According to Hackaday, the DOOM captcha is built as a ...
Lifehacker

Watch Out for Fake CAPTCHAs That Spread Malware

CAPTCHA—short for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"—is a form of verification online that helps distinguish human users from bots on login, account sign-up, ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers use CAPTCHA bypass to make 20K GitHub accounts in a month

South African threat actors known as 'Automated Libra' has been improving their techniques to make a profit by using cloud platform resources for cryptocurrency mining. According to Palo Alto Networks ...