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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2016.19.8.1395

Password Guessing Attack Resistant Circular Keypad for Smart Devices  

Tak, Dongkil (Dept. of Computer Engineering, Chosun University)
Choi, Dongmin (Dept. of Undeclared Majors, Chosun University)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.19, no.8, 2016 , pp. 1395-1403 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, researches of security threats reported that various types of social engineering attack were frequently observed. In this paper, we propose secure keypad scheme for mobile devices. In our scheme, every edge of keypad is linked each other, and it looks like a sphere. With this keypad, users input their password using pre-selected grid pointer. Because of circulation of the keypad layout, even though the attacker snatch the user password typing motion through the human eyes or motion capture devices, attacker do not estimate the original password. Moreover, without the information of grid pointer position, the attacker do not acquire original password. Therefore, our scheme is resistant to password guessing attack.
Keywords
Circular Keypad; Password Guessing Attack; Grid Pointer;
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