U.S. prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man for allegedly running one of the most powerful bot networks observed in recent years. Ethan J. Foltz from Eugene, Oregon, was arrested Aug. 6 and stands ...

A previously unreported network of hundreds of accounts on X is using artificial intelligence to automatically reply to conservatives with positive messages about people in the Trump administration, ...

Matryoshka, a pro-Kremlin bot network, has launched a campaign on Twitter and BlueSky against Moldovan President Maia Sandu. Source: The Insider, a Russian news outlet, as reported by European Pravda ...

In an associated trend, the bulk of those Windows-attacking worms and viruses came with a backdoor component. Such backdoors, like those deployed by worms as varied as MyDoom and Bagle, are becoming ...

A massive spike in the number of phishing sites in October lead the group's analysts to conclude that criminals are getting more sophisticated in their attack techniques and technologies. From ...

, which has been sharing conflicting views about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. According to NBC News, researchers with social media analytics company Alethea and Clemson University discovered the ...

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Bot-And-Mouse Game The low-hanging fruit of ad fraud is mostly gone. But more sophisticated bad actors are still active.

Analysts said a 16-day gap in meddling posts about British politics offered direct evidence of state-sponsored interference online. When Israeli strikes hit Iran on June 13, it wasn’t only nuclear ...

A recent investigation has revealed that Turning Point USA (TPUSA) may be deploying coordinated bot farms to discredit critics and control online discussions about the Charlie Kirk assassination and ...

When Israeli strikes hit Iran on June 13, it wasn’t only nuclear sites and senior Iranian commanders that were taken out: A covert army of bots meddling in British politics went dark, too. That’s ...