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Table 6 Comparison of some recent CAPTCHA attacks

From: Human-artificial intelligence approaches for secure analysis in CAPTCHA codes

CAPTCHA

Attack method

Success rate

Type

Gimpy, EZ-Gimpy

Shape context matching [78]

33%, 92%

Text-based

Megaupload CAPTCHA

Segmentation [79]

78%

ReCAPTCHA

Neural networks [80]

99.8%

Teabag3D, 3DCAPTCHA, Super CAPTCHA

Pixel extraction [19]

31%, 58%, 27%

HelloCAPTCHA

PDM (Pixel Delay Map)/CL (Catching Line) [81]

16% - 100%

NuCaptcha

Box shape analysis & SIFT algorithm [82]

90%

Asirra

SVM (support vector machine) [83]

82.7%

Image-based

HumanAuth

Side-channel attack [84]

92%

Google image-based CAPTCHA

Deep learning/CNN [85]

70.78%

Facebook image-based CAPTCHA

Deep learning/CNN [85]

83.5%

reCAPTCHA V2

Deep learning/CNN [6]

79–88%

Facebook image CAPTCHA

Deep learning/CNN [6]

86%

China Railway CAPTCHA

Deep learning/CNN [6]

90%

Avatar CAPTCHA

CNN [19]

99%

FR-CAPTCHA

SVM [86]

23%

FaceDCAPTCHA

SVM [86]

48%

Minteye CAPTCHA

Sobel operators [87]

100%

Tencent CAPTCHA

Deep learning/CNN [6]

100%

Capy CAPTCHA, KeyCAPTCHA, Garb CAPTCHA

JPEG image continuity measurement [88]

65.1%, 20%, 98.1%

CAPTCHaStar

Max concentration [89]

96%

Audio reCAPTCHA

SVM [64]

45–58%

Audio-based

eBay audio CAPTCHAs

DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) and supervised learning algorithm [65]

75%

Microsoft and Yahoo audio

Non-continuous speech [66]

49%, 45%

Audio reCAPTCHA

HMMs (Hidden Markov Models) [90], free online speech-to-text services, and minimal phonetic mapping [91]

52%, 85.15%

GeeTest, Netease CAPTCHA

Sigmoid function [6]

96%, 98%

Cognitive-based

No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA

Reinforcement learning [92]

96–97%