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Urban Hopper bot leaps over 25-foot fence

That's not a 25ft. fenceLook at the curb height. And compare the height of the barbed wire at the top of the fence to the rest of the fence. This fence is no taller than 12-14 feet.

Tags: bot

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Urban Hopper bot leaps over 25-foot fence

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is showing off its Precision Urban Hopper robot, a wheeled ground unit being developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Boston Dynamics for surveillance operations in urban terrain. The shoebox-size rolling robot can leap over 25-foot-tall obstacles and keep going.

Tags: Bot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, News

Videos 2009-09-17

Google reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle

Well what are other options?I'm not knocking your concern because it is a valid point. But does that mean we just leave everything open to bots and spammers? What could be done for the disabled? I thought reCAPTCHA had some ways of handling this.What about for the deaf-blind?Implement CAPTCHA or...

Tags: anti-spam, reCAPTCHA, Amazon.com Inc., CAPTCHA, bot, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Spy Bot Chronicles 1.1 (Mobile)

With Spy Bot Chronicles take control of Spy Bot as he jumps, shoots, and hacks his way through a varied 2D world. Find Thief Bot's hideout, save Toy Bot, and recover all the other stolen goods Thief Bot has swindled throughout the galaxy. It features innovative hack ability allows Spy...

Tags: Mobile, Bot, Music, Zone, IUGO Mobile Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Your Botnet Is My Botnet: Analysis of a Botnet Takeover

Botnets, networks of malware-infected machines that are controlled by an adversary, are the root cause of a large number of security problems on the Internet. A particularly sophisticated and insidious type of bot is Torpig, a malware program that is designed to harvest sensitive information (such as bank account and...

Tags: Credit Card, Malware, Association For Computing Machinery, Bot, Analysis, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales

White papers 2009-08-14

News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Twitter attack: Bots may have been hardest hit

Tweetbot Spammers?What happened to RSS Feeds?I guess THIS is why I have my updates LOCKED!Wish I could do the same with my USPS mailbox!RE: Twitter attack: Bots may have been hardest hitJust as in watching WICKED, we now learn that there are "good bots" and "bad bots" and just because...

Tags: Robots, RSS, Twitter, bot, social networking, attack, robot

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Twitter attack: Bots may have been hardest hit

To read the coverage of yesterday's Denial-of-Service attack on Twitter, you'd think it was the end of the online world. But to put things in perspective as it relates to Twitter and the number of people who are using the service - and hit hardest by the outage - consider...

Tags: Robot, Bot, Twitter, Attack, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-07

The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land 14.2.24 (Mobile)

Run For Your Lives! Its The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land! Just like in the classic Simpsons episode, Our Favorite Familys theme park outing is ruined by Itchy & Scratchy bots. Play as Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge as they survive Explosion Land, Unnecessary Surgery Land, Torture Land and Searing...

Tags: Mobile, Bot

Software downloads 2009-07-31

Unleashed 2.6.3 (Windows)

Unleashed is more than just a ZDoom Launcher. With it, you can edit the most popular parts of the ZDoom INI file edit the Cajun bots and, of course, launch ZDoom. Four main windows in Unleashed are Game Options to specify the location of ZDoom and choose a saved game...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Bot, Martin2k, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-21

Automatically Generating Models for Botnet Detection

A botnet is a network of compromised hosts that is under the control of a single, malicious entity, often called the botmaster. This paper presents a system that aims to detect bots, independent of any prior information about the command and control channels or propagation vectors, and without requiring multiple...

Tags: Bot, Botnet

White papers 2009-06-30

Measurement and Classification of Humans and Bots in Internet Chat

The abuse of chat services by automated programs, known as chat bots, poses a serious threat to Internet users. Chat bots target popular chat networks to distribute spam and malware. This paper, first conducts a series of measurements on a large commercial chat network. It measurements capture a total of...

Tags: Internet, Robot, Bot

White papers 2009-06-27

FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has shut down a U.S.-based Internet Service Provider for recruiting, hosting and actively participating in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content. Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) was shut down by a district court...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Server, Bot, FTC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Combating Botnets Using the Cisco ASA Botnet Traffic Filter

This paper discusses the nature of botnets, the threats they pose to today's networks, and how the Cisco Botnet Traffic Filter enables Cisco ASA appliances to fight botnets and to handle their dynamic nature. A botnet is a collection of autonomous software robots bots, typically malicious in nature, that operate...

Tags: Bot, Cisco Systems Inc., Botnet

White papers 2009-06-01

Chainsaw 6.4.3437 (Windows)

Chainsaw is a Windows IRC bot meant to administrate a channel or simply as a replacement to mirc. Secure servers connections supported via SSL. Ability to generate channel statistics using pisg. IPv6 network protocol support. Web Service and remoting server to interact with the bot. Commands that quickly retrieve news...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Bot, Pmcc, Chainsaw

Software downloads 2009-05-31

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws (Inside the botnets that never make the news)

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws Inside the botnets that never make the newsBlock IRC traffic completelyThat's the solution. IRC traffic has no place in business environments.Image 5...Did you do the obfuscating? If not, how do you know they're all on the same server?How pray tell?You're forgetting, any type of...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Stateful Packet Inspection, IRC traffic, IRC, BotNet

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)

'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)Whatever you do ...... don't let SNL or Mad TV hear about what you are planning to do. They'll have a field day with it! (E.g. view this 2001 HAL doctored clip.)Seriously, I think MS and the robotics industry should...

Tags: Robots, robot, killer robotics app, bot, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)

Microsoft's Mr. Robotics, Tandy Trower, has moved into more of an "ambassadorial"/strategic planning role, as of late. But that hasn't stopped him from thinking about what could become the "killer app" in the robotics space. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-20

The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land 14.1.19 (Mobile)

Run For Your Lives! Its The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land! Just like in the classic Simpsons episode, Our Favorite Familys theme park outing is ruined by Itchy & Scratchy bots. Play as Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge as they survive Explosion Land, Unnecessary Surgery Land, Torture Land and Searing...

Tags: Mobile, Bot

Software downloads 2009-05-14

(Photos: BattleBots duke it out)

(Photos: BattleBots duke it out)RE: Battle Bots Duke It OutThis appears to be a lame copy of the UK series "Robot Wars". For a couple of years, our local PBS station would show it late at night. The episodes would feature Craig Charles (Lister of "Red Dwarf" fame).Watching those...

Tags: BattleBots, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-04-28