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News | Personal

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...

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Scam

Social media bots

Short bio A bot, also known as a zombie, automatically performs a task or set of tasks usually under the command...

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News

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...

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News | Scams

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...

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Awareness | News

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...

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Cybercrime | News

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...

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Explained | News

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...

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Cybercrime | News

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...

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News | Privacy

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,...

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Cybercrime | News

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....

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