A racial slur that appeared in the CAPTCHA code on a Georgia Department of Public Health website has sparked an investigation by officials and Microsoft. The slur was flagged by Twitter user @DanieEve ...

While puzzling captchas—from dogs in hats to sliding jockstraps—still exist, most bot-deterring challenges have vanished into ...

An “offensive” security code that appeared on a state website used to schedule COVID-19 tests was an error, the Georgia Department of Public Health says. The issue was made public Wednesday after an ...

Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health and Microsoft are investigating why a security code that generated on the state website revealed a racial slur for a user. Georgia DPH officials ...

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 ...

ClickFix attacks have evolved to feature videos that guide victims through the self-infection process, a timer to pressure ...

Bots such as AkiraBot use AI to bypass CAPTCHA and flood sites with spam. And in late August 2025, ESET researchers uncovered ...

ClickFix, a deceptive social engineering tactic, is used by threat actors to manipulate unsuspecting users into unwittingly allowing a web page to silently populate the clipboard. Ultimately, the ...

There’s another ransomware story this week, but this one comes with a special twist. If you’ve followed this column for long, ...

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