Facebook’s “Immune System” might not be as robust as Zuckerberg believes. In fact, four researchers from the University of British Colombia have recently demonstrated just how easily a new breed of bot can infiltrate the FB system and harvest user data. More »
Preaching the climate change gospel can be tough work, especially on Twitter. Software developer Nigel Leck got tired rehashing the same 140-character arguments against climate change deniers, so he programmed a bot that does the work for him. With citations! More »
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Even armed with a Wiimote, the BotJunkie junkies couldn’t shake the 300-cycle-per-second Adept Quattro, the world’s fastest pick-and-place robot. Watch this video and imagine how quickly it could fill one of those state quarter maps. More »
PC Tools, a security software maker, shared this allegedly true flirtbot encounter. If you’re so gullible and/or lonely that a flirtbot this dumb can con you, your old Windows machine deserves to get gangbanged by phishing scams, viruses and spyware. More »
Researchers at the International Computer Science Institute and UC-San Diego have achieved 100 per cent success rates in filtering spam from a specific botnet. The strategy? Capture the enemy, and make him talk. More »
