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 ...

It’s not as if it hasn’t been done before, but researchers at Stanford quantified ways to crack the CAPTCHA test many web sites use to make users prove they’re human, and recommended ways to make sure ...

Something to look forward to: Most of us have had to deal at least a few times with CAPTCHAs on websites that wouldn't load because of a suspicion that we might be...robots. Solving those CAPTCHAs is ...

A new phishing campaign has been discovered trying to trick gullible people into handing their sensitive personal and payment information to cybercriminals. Cybersecurity researchers from Netskope ...

One of the unfortunate side effects of leaving articles on your Blogspot blog open for comments is that you may occasionally receive spam -- comments containing advertisements and links that add no ...

In a move that could make CAPTCHA challenges a bit easier for humans and more difficult for bots, Google is experimenting with using street-number images from Street View to strengthen its reCAPTCHA ...

CAPTCHA tests have been annoying many internet users for some time now, but one disabled Australian has finally had enough, starting a petition to encourage major companies to get rid of the tests.