A pair of researchers at Stanford University have created a computer program capable of cracking CAPTCHA codes, the widespread security system used by websites to determine whether a user is actually ...

NuCaptcha has been around for a few years, offering a unique portal for advertisers: A tiny pop-up movie that gets displayed when a user needs to type in a Captcha code to a website to verify their ...

Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health and Microsoft are investigating why a security code that generated on the state website revealed a racial slur for a user. Georgia DPH officials ...

A racial slur that appeared in the CAPTCHA code on a Georgia Department of Public Health website has sparked an investigation by officials and Microsoft. The slur was flagged by Twitter user @DanieEve ...

Cyber criminals have found a new way to cheat innocent people through fake captcha codes that look like genuine verification prompts. These fake captchas are being used to spread malware such as Luma ...

If you've used the Internet to register accounts, fill out forms, post on blogs or download files, you've probably been asked if you're human. The characters you entered to establish your identity are ...

Turns out Satan is a Web programmer. Who else would have invented the captcha code -- the often illegible hieroglyphics used to prove you're a human being and not a spammer or other malicious "bot"?