ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – You’ve probably seen CAPTCHA security prompts on some websites to verify that you’re human. But cybersecurity experts are warning you to watch out for CAPTCHA scams.
CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Retail, banking, and other websites often ask users to click on CAPTCHA prompts to verify that they’re not a robot. CAPTCHA prompts are designed to prevent automated bots from rapidly buying up inventory of things like popular concert tickets or products, or opening online accounts.
But Dean Gefen, CEO and founder of cybersecurity firm NuKudo, says fake CAPTCHA scams are popping up on both real and fake websites. Some will ask users to press Windows Key +R, then Ctrl +V, then Enter, ask users for passwords to accounts, or to download something on their device…