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Social Bots: How Do They Shape Public Opinion?

Social bots have become an integral part of social media platforms, seamlessly blending into our daily lives.        They come in all shapes and sizes, from the ones trying to sell you the latest...

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How to Prevent Google Ads Click Fraud and Maximize Your ROI

It’s no secret that Google Ads click fraud is an existing danger for every Google ads campaign.                   Like most businesses, you likely also rely on Google Ads as your go-to ad platform. And...

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How to Address ‘Bad Leads’ In Your Funnel

In a perfect world, every lead that enters your sales funnel would turn into a paying customer. But we all know that’s far from reality. Every business grapples with its fair share of ‘bad leads’ and...

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Anyone Can Make A Bot with GenAI: Here’s How

If you’ve been an active internet user at some point over the past decade, you’ve likely heard the terms ‘bot’ and ‘fake user’ thrown around from time to time. Maybe you’ve even noticed an...

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Fighting Spam Sign Ups: 5 Tactics to Prevent Them

Spam sign ups are the number one enemy of any sign-up form online. Fake information can easily flood these forms, resulting in lists filled with irrelevant leads or users.   Imagine a scenario where...

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The Silent Threat: 8 Signs of Bot Fraud

The term bot fraud stands for any type of online fraud delivered by malicious bots. These malicious bots are a piece of code programmed to perform harmful activities in the digital world. They can...

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The End of CAPTCHA? Testing GPT-4V and AI Solvers vs. CAPTCHA

CAPTCHAs have been a go-to security measure for deterring bots and automated scripts for years. We’ve previously covered how bots and fraudsters are able to bypass CAPTCHAs, but now, a new, cheaper,...

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The End of CAPTCHA? Testing AI CAPTCHA Solvers Part Two

The following is the second of a two-part series on solving CAPTCHA challenges with AI tools. Read part one here.  In part one of this series, we  spotlighted the role of advanced AI in cracking...

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Comparing reCAPTCHA and hCAPTCHA: Are CAPTCHA still worth it?

CAPTCHA challenges are often the first line of defense against automated spam and malicious bots, but not all CAPTCHA are created equal.  We’ve previously covered how bots and fraudsters are able to...

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How Bots and Bad Actors Bypass Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)

A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a crucial security tool, designed to filter out malicious traffic through a set of predefined rules. Security professionals have traditionally relied on WAFs to...

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OTP Bots: The Achilles’ Heel of Your Digital Defense

From email and social media to banking accounts, almost every aspect of our lives nowadays has some kind of digital footprint. We even have digital accounts for our smart-home devices. As we hold a lot...

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The Difference Between a Computer Virus, Worm, and Trojan Horse

Any savvy internet user knows to watch out for computer viruses. But then, sometimes there’s a Trojan horse in your email. Or maybe a worm or bot has accessed your computer? OK, hold up. When it comes...

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Top 7 Ways to Detect Account Takeover Fraud

In the wide pool of cyber threats, account takeover fraud (ATO) stands out as a major concern, and it isn’t hard to see why. The impact of ATO fraud can be devastating, leading to identity theft,...

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Price Scraping Exposed: Who is at Risk and How to Prevent it?

In the competitive world of e-commerce, businesses face a subtle yet persistent threat – price scraping.      As the global online marketplace expands, so does this shady practice, which involves...

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What is Click Fraud? How it Works, Examples, and Red Flags

Online advertising is a huge industry. Actually, it’s so big that over $600 billion was spent on digital advertising in 2023 alone, and it’s projected to reach $740.3 billion in 2024. Despite the...

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How Retailers Can Use Holiday Shopping Findings to Fuel Growth in 2024

eCommerce is thriving, with online sales skyrocketing year after year, as evidenced by the 2023 holiday season which saw a remarkable increase to $221 billion, up 4.9% from the previous year.  However,...

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The Bad Actors Awards: Celebrating the Most Disruptive Bots

Lights, camera, disruption! As the glitz and glamor of Hollywood award season unfold, we’re rolling out the red carpet for a different kind of star-studded event – the Bad Actors Awards. But before you...

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