Results for 'bots'
Food delivery robots give captured video footage to police
October 2, 2023 - In what sounds like a new step towards Skynet, footage from a food delivery robot has been used as part of a...
Social media bots
Short bio A bot, also known as a zombie, automatically performs a task or set of tasks usually under the command...
Beware freebie bots looking for Christmas pricing miracles
November 24, 2022 - We’re slowly creeping up to the festive season, and with it comes the promise of the usual sales, discounts, and incorrectly...
Telegram-powered bots circumvent 2FA
September 30, 2021 - Two-factor authentication is a great way to protect your online accounts, and we always recommend you turn it on. But where...
Shady scam bots trick Omegle users into nonconsensual video sex recordings
April 16, 2021 - 14-year old Michael (not his real name) from Scandinavia first visited Omegle, the video online chat that has become hugely popular...
Discord users tempted by bots offering “free Nitro games”
April 17, 2020 - The last few weeks have seen multiple instances of problematic bots appearing in Discord channels. They bring tidings of gifts, but...
Good bots, bad bots: friend or foe?
February 20, 2019 - One of the most talked about technologies online today is the ubiquitous bot. Simultaneously elusive yet also responsible for all of...
Clickjacking campaign abuses Google Adsense, avoids ad fraud bots
January 10, 2017 - Ad fraud is one of many issues that contribute to the ad industry’s negative image these days. Unlike malvertising which affects...
Bots Versus Cops, the Twitter Edition
February 11, 2015 - Roll your own Twitter bots are becoming increasingly popular, especially ones which look at the Tweets of their creator’s main feed,...
Bots and Online Gaming: We Talk to Reality Check
January 12, 2015 - Cheat bots in MMORPG worlds – and first person shooters, for that matter – have been a problem for many years....