Bots beware: CFTC near plan to reign in high-speed trading

Bots beware: CFTC near plan to reign in high-speed trading
Bots beware: CFTC near plan to reign in high-speed trading. Text Size. Published: Friday, 23 Aug 2013 | 11:13 AM ET. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images. Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Federal regulators are …
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Kelihos Relying on CBL Blacklists to Evaluate New Bots
Kelihos, the peer-to-peer botnet with nine lives, keeps popping up with new capabilities that enable it to sustain itself and make money for its keepers by pushing spam, harvesting credentials and even stealing Bitcoins. According to a number of …
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I Flirt and Tweet. Follow Me at #Socialbot.
FROM the earliest days of the Internet, robotic programs, or bots, have been trying to pass themselves off as human. Chatbots greet users when they enter an online chat room, for example, or kick them out when they get obnoxious. More insidiously …
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