"CAPTCHA" is one of those terms that most of us have heard of or have seen while surfing the World Wide Web. While it may be known for providing a sense of safety where cyber security is concerned, it ...

When you visit a webpage, you might see a CAPTCHA to make sure you’re a real person and not a bot. These usually involve jumbled words, some recognizable images or just a box that says, "I am not a ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

It’s a pretty common occurrence on the internet: You go to make a purchase, but before you do, you have to prove you’re a human by selecting how many pictures in a three-by-three grid contain bikes.

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 ...

A fake CAPTCHA test on the landing page for iClicker.com appeared as a set of computer commands that secretly installed malware on a person's computer. When he's not battling bugs and robots in ...

According to a new report from Vice, hCaptcha, a version of the widely-used gatekeeping integrations designed to keep unwanted bots out of digital spaces, is suddenly starting to keep humans out of ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Education site iClicker.com was hijacked last month ...