Gotcha CAPTCHAs being used to spread malware

We've all become used to completing tests to prove we're not robots, but a new report from HP Wolf Security highlights the rising use of fake CAPTCHA verification tests which allow threat actors to trick users into infecting themselves. The technique shows attackers are capitalizing on people's increasing familiarity with completing multiple authentication steps online -- a trend HP describes as 'click tolerance'. As bots get better at bypassing CAPTCHAs, authentication has grown more elaborate -- meaning users have become more accustomed to jumping through hoops to prove they're human. HP threat researchers identified multiple campaigns where attackers crafted malicious… [Continue Reading]