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PayPal Makes Strategic Investment in Arkose Labs
PayPal Makes Strategic Investment in Arkose Labs
Today we announced a strategic investment from PayPal, a moment in our timeline that is significant for a number of reasons.
Kevin Gosschalk
Nov 14, 2018
Playing with Humanity: Verification in Understanding
Playing with Humanity: Verification in Understanding
Is there reason to believe that humans are sophisticated computers, who mimic understanding but don’t really ‘know’ anything?
Kevin Gosschalk
Feb 15, 2018
The Bilk Road: Verification Routes in Mainland China
The Bilk Road: Verification Routes in Mainland China
It’s almost inconceivable to imagine how much business is squandered because of oversight in verifying Chinese users — but there’s hope.
Kevin Gosschalk
Jan 10, 2018
Skill or Shill: The Black Friday Battleground
Skill or Shill: The Black Friday Battleground
The biggest heists this year won’t be from crooks brandishing crowbars. They will be a series of automated — and untraceable — bot attacks.
Kevin Gosschalk
Dec 14, 2017
Automation: The Cost of Being Human
Automation: The Cost of Being Human
We need to talk about The Ghost Queue — a verification loophole where bots manipulate what humans can buy, and how much they pay.
Kevin Gosschalk
Nov 26, 2017
Black Hat Recap: All Product, No Sales
Black Hat Recap: All Product, No Sales
Automated abuse continues to evolve and isn’t going away — just as FunCaptcha remains the only solution with an automation SLA.
Kevin Gosschalk
Aug 3, 2017
FunCaptcha: Security Verification for People of All Abilities
FunCaptcha: Security Verification for People of All Abilities
As the world becomes increasingly more connected, it is both our privilege and duty to ensure that all people are given equal opportunity.
Arkose Labs
Oct 18, 2016
You’re Going Too Fast: Pokémon Go Exposes Flaw in AR Game Defenses
You’re Going Too Fast: Pokémon Go Exposes Flaw in AR Game Defenses
As Niantic tries to limit the damage done by bots, they’re scrambling to monitor and challenge users with a suspicious pattern of behavior.
Matthew Ford
Aug 9, 2016
PokéPocalypse: Stopping Bots on Pokémon Go
PokéPocalypse: Stopping Bots on Pokémon Go
Is it too late to save a game overrun by bots and automated cheating? But more importantly, can it be saved?
Matthew Ford
Aug 2, 2016
Pokémon Go Ruined by Cheating Bots
Pokémon Go Ruined by Cheating Bots
Hackers have rigged the game Pokemon Go to allow thousands of software “bots” to play the game automatically.
Matthew Ford
Jul 28, 2016
FunCaptcha Speaks Your Language
FunCaptcha Speaks Your Language
Every day, users from all around the world attempt more than 200 million CAPTCHAs — but nearly half of those may include a foreign…
Arkose Labs
May 3, 2016
FunCaptcha Debuts Chinese Language Support
FunCaptcha Debuts Chinese Language Support
We’ve rolled out Chinese (Simplified) to support more than 700 million users around the world with localized instruction and feedback.
Arkose Labs
Mar 16, 2016
Sneaker Bots Are Taking Over
Sneaker Bots Are Taking Over
Just like ticket scalpers, attackers use sneaker bots to buy out limited edition shoes before reselling them for much higher prices.
Arkose Labs
Jan 4, 2016
Ticket Scalping: a Million-Dollar Machine
Ticket Scalping: a Million-Dollar Machine
Three men have pleaded guilty to using bots to purchase and resell tickets for a profit of nearly $25 million dollars.
Arkose Labs
Dec 15, 2015
Illegitimate Liberty: Protecting Online Polls
Illegitimate Liberty: Protecting Online Polls
Bots are distorting polls in every domain — but for news organizations it’s a death sentence. What can be done?
Arkose Labs
Nov 29, 2015
4 Reasons Why Inflight WiFi Needs FunCaptcha
4 Reasons Why Inflight WiFi Needs FunCaptcha
If automated systems can abuse a plane’s limited network, there’s more at risk than just the user experience.
Arkose Labs
Oct 20, 2015
Two-Factor Authentication Doesn’t Replace CAPTCHA
Two-Factor Authentication Doesn’t Replace CAPTCHA
Two-factor authentication is not a valid replacement for CAPTCHA, whenever privacy, conversion or human verification are priorities.
Arkose Labs
Oct 11, 2015
We Cracked AOL’s Text CAPTCHA
We Cracked AOL’s Text CAPTCHA
Text CAPTCHAs don’t work — and yet some of the biggest companies on the internet still rely on them as legitimate security solutions.
Arkose Labs
Sep 15, 2015
Uber: Petition Hack was Preventable
Uber: Petition Hack was Preventable
On the 20th of June, an anonymous person forged 100,000 fraudulent signatures in less than 3 hours on an Uber petition.
Arkose Labs
Jun 24, 2015
From the CEO: FunCaptcha on AWS
From the CEO: FunCaptcha on AWS
We utilize AWS to create a system that‘s highly available, responsive, and capable of handling both network and system failures at scale.
Kevin Gosschalk
Apr 28, 2015
Why Non-Human Traffic is Bad
Why Non-Human Traffic is Bad
Non-Human Traffic is contaminating analytics and destroying the way businesses evaluate how their digital assets are performing.
Arkose Labs
Apr 23, 2015
AT&T Recognise the Value of FunCaptcha
AT&T Recognise the Value of FunCaptcha
Brian Rexroad, Executive Director of Technology Security at AT&T, discusses FunCaptcha on AT&T’s ThreatTraq.
Arkose Labs
Apr 1, 2015
Preventing Fraud in Game Ratings
Preventing Fraud in Game Ratings
The results of incorporating FunCaptcha were immediate and staggering. It remains unmoved in the face of attempted abuse by attackers.
Arkose Labs
Mar 2, 2015
What is a CAPTCHA?
What is a CAPTCHA?
In 1950, Alan Turing sought to evaluate how well a computer could behave indistinguishably from a human — today it’s more relevant than…
Arkose Labs
Jan 11, 2015
ReCAPTCHA is Still Vulnerable: Perhaps More Than Ever Before
ReCAPTCHA is Still Vulnerable: Perhaps More Than Ever Before
The convenience of reCAPTCHA may have increased slightly, but the vulnerabilities are endless and detrimental to verification.
Matthew Ford
Jan 6, 2015
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