Development of two novel face-recognition CAPTCHAs: A security and usability study

Computers & Security ยท 2016 ยท 60, 95โ€“116

it-security
student-paper
Authors

Schryen, Guido

Wagner, Gerit

Schlegel, Alexander

Published

2016

Doi

10.1016/J.COSE.2016.03.007

Keywords

it-security, student-paper

Abstract

CAPTCHAs are challenge-response tests that aim at preventing unwanted machines, including bots, from accessing web services while providing easy access for humans. Recent advances in artificial-intelligence based attacks show that the level of security provided by many state-of-the-art text-based CAPTCHAs is declining. At the same time, techniques for distorting and obscuring the text, which are used to maintain the level of security, make text-based CAPTCHAs difficult to solve for humans, and thereby further degrade usability. The need for developing alternative types of CAPTCHAs that improve both the current security and the usability levels has been emphasized widely. With this study, we contribute to research through (1) the development of two new face recognition CAPTCHAs (Farett-Gender and Farett-Gender&Age), (2) the security analysis of both procedures, and (3) the provision of empirical evidence that one of the suggested CAPTCHAs (Farett-Gender) is similar to Google's reCAPTCHA and better than KCAPTCHA concerning effectiveness (error rates), superior to both regarding learnability and satisfaction but not efficiency.

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Schryen, G., Wagner, G., & Schlegel, A. (2016). Development of two novel face-recognition CAPTCHAs: A security and usability study. Computers & Security 60, 95โ€“116. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COSE.2016.03.007

Citation: BibTeX

@article{SchryenWagnerSchlegel2016,
  doi        = {10.1016/J.COSE.2016.03.007},
  author     = {Schryen, Guido and Wagner, Gerit and Schlegel, Alexander},
  journal    = {Computers & Security},
  title      = {Development of two novel face-recognition CAPTCHAs: A security and usability study},
  year       = {2016},
  volume     = {60},
  pages      = {95--116},
  url        = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404816300293},
  abstract   = {CAPTCHAs are challenge-response tests that aim at preventing unwanted machines, including bots, from accessing web services while providing easy access for humans. Recent advances in artificial-intelligence based attacks show that the level of security provided by many state-of-the-art text-based CAPTCHAs is declining. At the same time, techniques for distorting and obscuring the text, which are used to maintain the level of security, make text-based CAPTCHAs difficult to solve for humans, and thereby further degrade usability. The need for developing alternative types of CAPTCHAs that improve both the current security and the usability levels has been emphasized widely. With this study, we contribute to research through (1) the development of two new face recognition CAPTCHAs (Farett-Gender and Farett-Gender&Age), (2) the security analysis of both procedures, and (3) the provision of empirical evidence that one of the suggested CAPTCHAs (Farett-Gender) is similar to Google's reCAPTCHA and better than KCAPTCHA concerning effectiveness (error rates), superior to both regarding learnability and satisfaction but not efficiency.}
}

Citation: RIS

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