Tired of Being Asked if You're a Robot (ThinkTech Tech Talks)

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 6:55 a.m.

What You Can Do about it.  The host for this show is Jay Fidell.  The guest is Attila Seress.  
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\nCyberattackers are using Google\u2019s reCAPTCHA function, also know as the \u201cI am not a robot\u201d function and other CAPTCHA-like services to make their phishing schemes appear more legitimate.
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\n CAPTCHAs are familiar to the general public but what you don\u2019t know is that they prevent security crawlers from detecting malicious content and adds a legitimate look to phishing login pages.
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\nOver the past month the security team at Palo Alto Networks detected over 500 new CAPTCHA protected phishing websites per day. This scam is on the rise and you\u2019re likely to see one in your inbox soon. What can you do?
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