Fake captcha attacks are increasing, say experts

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Fake captcha attacks are increasing, say experts

Several cybersecurity firms have published alerts about threat actors fooling customer employees into downloading malware through fake captcha login verification pages. Captchas are those annoying tests that websites add to login routines to make sure users are real people and not automated bots. Making a user type in a random number shown in a popup, or click on a series of boxes that show specified pictures is activity that a bot can’t perform…