Spammers have cracked Microsoft Corp. ‘s latest defense against abuse of its Live Hotmail e-mail service using a sophisticated network of hacked computers that receive encrypted instructions from a ...

A new bot can crack defenses erected by Microsoft Corp. to keep spammers from creating large numbers of accounts on its Live Hotmail service within seconds, a security researcher said today. Dan ...

As shown in court documents, this is the 1stCAPTCHA site where Microsoft says the defendants sold CAPTCHA-solving tokens obtained by a fleet of bots. This is one of the domains seized by the company ...

A recent study has found that robots have a higher success rate in solving so-called CAPTCHA tests than human beings. CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and ...

Spammers are using a bot to sidestep barriers that Microsoft Corp. has erected to keep scammers from creating massive numbers of accounts on its Live Mail service, a security researcher said today.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly demonstrated its superiority over humans when it comes to solving online CAPTCHA tests designed to differentiate between human users and automated bots. Can ...

A new report hinted at bots’ increasing prowess at solving modern and advanced CAPTCHAs prompting Elon Musk to give a shout-out to Twitter, now rebranded as X’s paid subscription service. What ...

Why it matters: The usefulness of Captcha tests depends on their ability to deter bots without significantly inconveniencing human users. Although not yet peer-reviewed, the results of a new study ...

Have you ever been left confused by the mutated text that often appears when trying to make an online purchase, asking you to prove you're not a robot? Or gotten a headache from squinting at your ...

ChatGPT was impressive before the GPT-4 upgrade came out, but the new OpenAI engine gives the chatbot mind-blowing capabilities. The artificial intelligence (AI) can pass most exams better than humans ...

There has got to be a better way. There has got to be a better way. Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor.