Threat actors are pesky and, once again, they’re up to no good. A new methodology has schemers compromising online forms where users submit their information like their names, email addresses, and, depending on the type of site, some queries relating to their life. This new method indicates that the attackers have figured out a way around the CAPTCHA’s that have been making us all prove we’re not robots by identifying fire hydrants since 1997. And what’s more, we’re not quite sure how they’ve done it.
In this episode, hosts Natalia Godyla and Nic Fillingham sit down with Microsoft threat analyst, Emily Hacker, to discuss what’s going on behind the scenes as Microsoft begins to dig into this new threat and sort through how best to stop it.
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