Malwarebytes Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

From: Malwarebytes - Monday Apr 21, 2025 04:24 pm

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Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

Bots now account for half of all internet traffic, according to a new study that shows how non-human activity has grown online.

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A new variant of the hello pervert emails claims that the target's system is infected with a trojan and spoofs the victim’s email address.

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Facebook parent company Meta has announced that European users will have their public posts collected and used for AI training.

Hertz data breach caused by CL0P ransomware attack on vendor

Car rental giant Hertz experienced a data breach due to a CL0P ransomware attack on their file sharing vendor Cleo.

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