Arkose Insights and Email Intelligence Response Structure

Session Details

This section constitutes the basic session level details such as challenge details, pressure levels, whether the attacker surpassed basic defenses, etc.

Field Name Description Example Values Applicable Product

solved

When a session's risk level does not qualify it for transparent mode (no challenge) it is shown an interactive challenge. In that case, this field's value indicates if the challenge was successfully solved or not.

If it was in transparent mode, the field value for a valid session is true.

true, false

Arkose Protect

session

A unique token for the Arkose Labs session. A session is the whole experience from solution load to verification.

A unique token, e.g.
3595d2c014d3c5f01.1116018803,
or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

session_created

An ISO 8601 UTC timestamp signifying the time the session was created

e.g.
2019-07-15T02:45:13+00:00,
or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

check_answer

An ISO 8601 UTC timestamp signifying the time that the Enforcement Challenge user supplied answered were evaluated

e.g.
2019-07-15T02:45:13+00:00,
or null

Arkose Protect

verified

An ISO 8601 UTC timestamp signifying the time that the request to the verify endpoint was made.

e.g.
2019-07-15T02:45:13+00:00

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

attempted

Whether the user attempted to solve the Enforcement Challenge, or not.

true, false

Arkose Protect

security_level

A number that indicates the security level used for this session.

Be aware that security_level can have a null value - usually because the session was an audio mode session. Audio mode does not use security_level.

A security level, e.g. 20

Arkose Protect

session_is_legit

Indicates if Arkose Labs certifies there are no telltales of non-legitimate activity in the session.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

previously_verified

Indicates if a session has already been verified

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

session_timed_out

Indicates if a session timed out before it was solved

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

suppress_limited

Indicates if the session qualified for low security, but failed verification. Low security is when a session has qualified to run in transparent mode, or use a no wrong answer enforcement challenge, such as the pick your favorite color challenge.

true, false

Arkose Protect

theme_arg_invalid

Whether the theme arg setting at verification matched the original theme arg passed in at session setup.

A theme arg is a parameter passed by a customer to Arkose Labs. It requests a security tier or UX test mode.

true, false

Arkose Protect

suppressed

Suppressed is the old name for transparent mode. This field shows if the the user was offered transparent mode.

true, false

Arkose Protect

punishable_actioned

Punishable is an attack mitigation tactic, which randomly fails verification attempts, even if the response was correct. This field indicates if punishable was activated.

true, false

Arkose Protect

telltale_user

UID for a combination of telltales that identify a particular bad user or organization.

A string such as 999b-fwh,
or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

failed_low_sec_validation

Indicates that the intention was to offer the user a low security session, but they failed to qualify for it when the verification was attempted.

true, false

Arkose Protect

lowsec_error

An identifier showing why a user was denied a low security session.

"user_credits", "rate_limit_local", "validation_checks", "rate_limit_global", or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

lowsec_level_denied

The low security level that was denied to the user.

A security level, e.g. 5

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

ua

The User Agent string for the user that interacted with the EC.

"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.159 Safari/537.36“

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

ip_rep_list

An identifier which specifies which IP reputation database this IP address has been seen at.

"tor", "sfs_tor", "sfs", or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

optional

An object containing optional return values such as client_encrypted_mode_key or get_pass values.

Also, relevant data being sent to Arkose Labs via our accepted methods (see: Data Exchange (Requires Support login)) appears in this object.

The specific keys and values inside this object vary based on implementation

{"blob": "lHpwagBqx3JOI7t9Ka0KUdIeHZbIjAYPPB72k Du2Zb5BwNiC6qJx5gS0f5c3EzcZ9d"}, or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

game_number_limit_reached

Game number limit is an optional setting that restricts the number of attempts a user can have at solving the EC. This field can show if the user reached the number of attempts allowed.

true, false

Arkose Protect

user_language_shown

Shows the language code of the language in which the challenge was presented to the user.

A string such as “en“ or null

Arkose Protect

telltale_list

The list of telltales that were identified as possible candidates during a session.

A string e.g. "999b-fwh", or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

device_id
[Early Access]

Note: You must request that Arkose turn on device_id for your account. Otherwise, its value will always be null
device_id can identify changes a user's device if those two devices are distinguishable based on collected fingerprints.
device_id isn't comprised of uniquely identifiable attributes and so can't be used for situations when, for example, a user switched from one iPhone 14 to another while keeping all the settings the same.

A string containing a hash value or null

challenge_type

The type of challenge that the end-user solved.

A string e.g. "audio", "transparent", "visual" or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

User Preference Field

This field contains information about the session set by its user.

Field Name Description Example Values Applicable Product

timezone_offset

The timezone offset from UTC.

e.g. 1000 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect


Session Risk

This section provides the Arkose Risk Score and the associated telltales (or reason codes) that led to the risk score.

Field NameDescriptionValuesApplicable Product
session_riskAn object containing all risk score information and conclusions.Made up of the following subfields.

session_risk Subfields

Subfield Name Description Values Applicable Product

risk_category

Name of the risk category determined by the session's risk score.

One of "BOT-STD" (standard botnet), "BOT-ADV" (advanced botnet), "FRD-FRM" (fraud farm) or "CUSTOM" (custom category based on customer-defined telltales).

If both the Global and Custom Risk Scores are 0, session_risk's value will not have a risk_category field.

risk_band

Risk band category indicating risk severity as determined by risk scores.

One of "High", "Medium", or "Low"

global

Object containing the Global Risk Score value and the global telltales used to calculate it.

An array of objects consisting of score and telltales fields.

custom

Object containing the Custom Risk Score value and the global telltales used to calculate it.

An array of objects consisting of score and telltales fields.

global and custom Subfields

Subfield NameDescriptionValuesApplicable Product
scoreRisk Score value. If under global, the Global Risk Score. If under custom, the Custom Risk Score.A string of an integer between 0 and 100, such as "87". If under custom, it will be either "0" or "100".
telltalesTelltales that contributed to calculating a Risk Score. If under global, the Global Risk Score. If under custom, the Custom Risk Score.An array of objects consisting of name andweight fields.

telltales Subfields

Subfield Name Description Values Applicable Product

name

Name of a triggered telltale that contributed to calculating a Risk Score.

A string starting with g- to signify global, such as
"g-h-cfp-1000000000" or a string that does not start with g- meaning it is a custom telltale like "outdated-os-yandex"

weight

The weight given this triggered telltale when calculating a Risk Score. Note that a telltale’s weight is not necessarily the same as the eventual total score.

A string of an integer between "1" and "100". Not "0" since a triggered telltale must have some weight.


Fingerprint

This section constitutes of detailed information regarding the following:

  • Browser Characteristics - The browser attribute details that we use to analyze the session.
  • Device Characteristics - The device characteristics we used to create our session fingerprint.
  • User Preferences - The user preferences set on the local user device.

This information can be used by customers to craft their own Device IDs should they choose not to use Arkose’s version. These details can also be used in linkage analysis workflows.

Browser Characteristics

These fields contain information about the device the session ran on.

Field Name Description Example Values Applicable Product

browser_name

The name of the browser the user was using.

A string, e.g. Chrome or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

browser_version

The version of the browser the user was using.

A version number, e.g. 92.0.4515.159 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

color_depth

The color depth of the device used for the session.

A number, e.g. 24 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

session_storage

Whether session storage was available or not.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

indexed_database

Whether the browser uses any indexed database API.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

canvas_fingerprint

The canvas fingerprint value of the browser.

e.g. 1652956012 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

Device Characteristics

These fields contain information about the device the session ran on.

Field Name Description Example Values Applicable Product

operating_system

The operating system used on the device.

e.g. Windows or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

operating_system_version

The version of the operating system used on the device.

e.g. XP or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

screen_resolution

The current screen resolution of the device.

e.g. [1920,1080] or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

max_resolution_supported

The maximum supported screen resolution of the device.

e.g. [1920,1080] or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

behavior

Whether the device / browser supports the addBehavior method. Note that addBehavior is considered obsolete with Windows 10.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

cpu_class

The CPU class identifier of the device.

e.g. X86 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

platform

The platform the device belongs to.

e.g. MacIntel or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

touch_support

Whether the device has touch support or not.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

hardware_concurrency

The hardware concurrency support of the device.

e.g. 8 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect


IP Intelligence Fields

This section constitutes of detailed insights on the IP address of the end user. Information in this section can be used to create or enrich workflows such as manual review, auto-rejection, etc.

Field Name Description Example Values Applicable Product

timezone

The timezone the session was originated from.

A string, e.g.
America/Los_Angeles or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

user_ip

The IP address of the device used for the session.

An IP address, e.g.
199.220.42.206, or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

is_tor

Indicates if the IP is suspected of being a TOR connection (either active or previously hosted TOR nodes and exist).

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

is_vpn

Indicates if the IP is suspected of being a VPN connection. For example, it has been on a VPN and can include data center ranges.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

is_proxy

Indicates if this IP address suspected to be a proxy.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

is_bot

Whether the session is bot-originated or not.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

country

Country the User IP belongs to.

A string, e.g. US or null.

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

region

State/Region that the IP belongs to.

A string, e.g. California or null.

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

city

The city the IP belongs to.

A string, e.g. Fremont or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

isp

The Internet Service Provider name.

A string, e.g. AT&T U-verse or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

public_access_point

Whether the IP address belongs to education and research institutions, corporates, or public WiFi such as hotel lobby, coffee shop, etc.

true, false

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

connection_type

Whether the connection type belongs to one of the following categories: Residential, Corporate, Education, Mobile, Data Center

A string, e.g. Residential or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

latitude

The latitude coordinates of the device used for the session.

e.g. 37.52809906 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect

longitude

The longitude coordinates of the device used for the session.

e.g. -121.97319794 or null

Arkose Detect
Arkose Protect


Data Exchange

📘

Data Exchange Response Structure

To view the full Email Intelligence Response Structure please visit **Data Exchange: Enhanced Detection and API Source Validation **(needs Zendesk authentication).


Email Intelligence

📘

Email Intelligence Response Structure

To view the full Email Intelligence Response Structure please visit **Email Intelligence API Reference **(needs Zendesk authentication).