Russian state-backed hackers have stepped up their game with new malware families that hide behind fake CAPTCHA tests. The group, known as Star Blizzard or ColdRiver, now uses ClickFix attacks to ...

As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image grid of stoplights to identify. And on the rare occasion that I am asked to complete some ...

Are you human? A new game wants you to prove it. I’m Not a Robot is a fun spin on the popular CAPTCHA game synonymous with using the internet. Except it’s not just one game, but 48 increasingly absurd ...

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, ...

When it comes to purchasing games on PC, Steam is one of the most popular platforms and has been around for over 20 years. However, that doesn't mean your experience will always be glitch-free. At ...

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 ...

Here’s a hot computer tip coming to you straight from 1995: don’t enter random stuff in the Windows Run command bar. This might seem obvious to anyone who knows what “run” means in a PC context, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Researchers working at the Netskope Threat Labs have observed ...

CISOs need to warn employees in regular awareness training to refuse to copy and execute so-called verification login scripts. Several cybersecurity firms have published alerts about threat actors ...

You know about captcha tests, right? The anti-bot checks that can be found all over the internet, usually when you log into accounts or post comments? The picture ...

Why it matters: Captcha tests that require users to duplicate distorted text, solve puzzles, or click on grids of images to prove they aren't malicious bots have drawn scorn for years. Studies have ...