The history of spam is interesting. While it’s been called spam for only a few decades, the first recorded instance of sending unsolicited messages was over a century ago. In 1864 Western Union proudly introduced a new telegraph feature where users could send a single telegraphic message to multiple destinations on their network. This new […]
While unsolicited email advertisements have been around for decades, it wasn’t until a few years later that it was commonly called “spam”. The story on how it came to be called “spam” is an interesting one. The actual spam term came from a Monty Python sketch from 1970 where there was a cafe that featured […]
By Bill West, Ellipsis Technologies ECommerce flash sales are an increasingly popular way for merchants to promote and quickly sell limited edition and limited inventory merchandise. Creating a flash sale “event” with a pre-set period of time where you sell a single items or a small selection of items is a tool for merchants […]
Technically, Shopify apps play an important and integral role in the Shopify platform. It would be impossible to imagine this platform without the applications. With the applications, developers and businesses will be able to offer better products and services to their customers. This is an important stage in boosting the performance of your retail store. […]
The Shop Protector app available on the Shopify app store is now protecting thousands of Shopify merchants from unwanted form spam while also protecting from fake account creation. With the Shop Protector solution, Shopify merchants can improve the user experience for human visitors and increase their conversion rate while taking action to prevent form spam. Additionally, […]
For the last few years Ellipsis Technologies has been focused on identifying and eliminating the many bot attacks in the eCommerce industry. From simple site scraping bots to form spam to more insidious fake account creation and fraud through bot-based checkouts, each with their own method of penetration. The bulk of the research focused on […]
By Bill West Worldwide e-commerce sales were estimated to exceed $2.842 trillion in 2018, which is over double the amount as recently as 2015, and it will continue to grow as e-commerce sales are forecasted to be $4.87 trillion in 2021, according to industry reports. With this growth comes increased visibility. Subsequently, the e-commerce community […]
Greenville, SC, May 1, 2017–Ellipsis Technologies announces today the release of their Shopify app focused on combating form spam in the Shopify eCommerce environment. The Ellipsis Technologies Human Presence™ app is now available on the Shopify app store: https://apps.shopify.com/ellipsis-human-presence-technology. The app is a web security software technology that enables website owners to validate the presence […]
CAPTCHA-like tests are annoying, frustrating and costly to online businesses. At Ellipsis, we’re changing the game with our proprietary web security technology that invisibly verifies human site visitors while protecting against harmful bots. Ellipsis Case Study: http://www.kopisusa.com/case-studies/ellipsis/
East-EE, a security researcher, has discovered that Google’s reCAPTCHA is susceptible to a robot attack that leverages its own speech recognition service. In 2016, another team of security researchers from Columbia University, identified flaws in the technology that would enable hackers to influence the risk analysis, bypass restrictions, and deploy large-scale attacks. Source. East-EE posted a […]