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'''NuCaptcha''' is an early fraud detection service which utilises behavior analytics to provision threat appropriate, animated video [[CAPTCHA]]'s. NuCaptcha is developed and operated by [[Canada|Canadian]]-based firm, NuData Security.<ref name="reg">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/01/animated_captcha/|title=Animated CAPTCHA tech aims to fox spambots|work=[[The Register]]|accessdate=14 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="theh">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NuCaptcha-Flash-CAPTCHAs-to-combat-spambots-1032147.html|title=NuCaptcha Flash CAPTCHAs to combat spambots|accessdate=14 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="eweek">{{cite web|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Company-Looks-to-Slow-Spammers-With-Video-CAPTCHA-Technology-127193/|title=Spammers to Face Video CAPTCHA Technology - Security from eWeek|work=[[eWeek]]|accessdate=14 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit|url=http://agendabuilder.gartner.com/SEC19/webpages/VendorDetail.aspx?Vendor=96|work=[[Gartner]]|accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref>

Static image-based CAPTCHAs are routinely used to prevent automated sign-ups to websites by using text or images of words disguised so that [[optical character recognition]] (OCR) software has trouble reading them.<ref name="reg" /> However, in common CAPTCHA systems, users often fail to correctly solve the CAPTCHA 7% - 25% of the time.<ref name="captcha-evaluation">{{cite web |first=Elie|last=Bursztein |author2=Bethard, Steven |author3=Fabry, Celine |author4=Mitchell, John C. |author5= Jurafsky, Dan  |url=http://www.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/burszstein_2010_captcha.pdf|title= How Good are Humans at Solving CAPTCHAS? A Large Scale Evaluation|publisher=Stanford University |date=March 2010 |accessdate=2012-02-25}}</ref> NuCaptcha uses animated video technology that it claims make puzzles easier for humans to solve, but harder for bots and hackers to decipher.<ref name="reg" />
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== Technology ==
NuCaptcha attempts to solve usability of static image-based CAPTCHAS using two main technologies: 1) video animation to display CAPTCHA puzzles, and 2) a behaviour analysis system to monitor interactions with the platform.
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