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Machine Identities: As Inter-Machine Communication Proliferates, so Does Security Complexity

By Dick Weisinger

Security teams often focus on user passwords, credentials, and permissions. It may be easy to overlook, but an equally or even more important security concern is the interconnection and communication between networked devices. Machines and processes also have access to

Bots: Hackers Program Bots to be Smarter and more Resilient

By Dick Weisinger

Malicious bots are doing blockchain. Researchers at Akamai have discovered a type of bot that can automatically update itself with new versions of software and new mother ship location information. Bots can interact with cron or system scheduling systems and

Pandemic and Bots: Shift of Support by Humans to Chatbots

By Dick Weisinger

The pandemic has accelerated the use of chatbots. Prior to COVID-19, it was expected that the chatbot market would grow from $2.6 billion to $9.4 billion by 2024, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com. It is likely now to be even much larger.

Bad Bots: One Quarter of Web Traffic has Malicious Intent

By Dick Weisinger

Less than two-thirds of all traffic on the network is initiated by humans. The rest of web traffic is attributed to automated algorithms, or bots, some of which are legitimate, but a lot of which is not. Almost a quarter

Bot Consumers: Selling on Data Rather than Emotion

By Dick Weisinger

AI and Robotic Processing are making it ever more possible for humans to delegate their chores to personal bots. Over the next years, personal assistants/bots and Internet of Things devices. Gartner estimates that this year about 5 percent of digital