• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.304-310
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• 2009

Due to widely use of internet, a lot of users frequently access into remote server in distributed computing environment. However, transmitting the information using vulnerable channel without authentication security system can be exposed to replay attack, offline password attack, and impersonation attack. According to this possibility, there is research about authentication protocol to prevent these hostile attacks using smart card. In this paper, we analyze vulnerability of user authentication system based on password and propose modified user authentication system.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.62-74
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• 2003

Information security becomes a critical attribute to corporate information systems as increased strategic an operational reliance on information systems. Current proliferation of password requires more attention on information security because its nature of external connection with password user makes information systems more vulnerable from various threats are an important element of information systems management. This study focused on two issues : (1) the relationships between risk management factors(asset, threat, vulnerability) and risk level affected by threat, (2) the relationships between risk level and key password characteristics(length, composition, lifetime, selection method).

• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.23-43
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• 2008

Nowadays, openness and accessibility of information systems increase security threats from inside and outside of organization. Appropriate password is supposed to bring out security effects such as preventing misuses and banning illegal users. This study emphasizes on choosing passwords from perspective of information security and investigated user's security awareness affecting behavioral intention. The research model proposed in this study includes user's security belief which is influenced by risk awareness factors such as information assets, threats and vulnerability elements. The risk awareness factors ale derived from risk analysis methodologies for information security. User's risk awareness is a factor influencing the security belief, attitude toward security behavior, and security behavioral intention. According to the result of this study, while vulnerability is not related to the risk awareness, information assets and threats are related to the user's risk awareness. There is a significant relationship between risk awareness and security belief. Also, user's security behavioral intention is significantly affected by security attitude.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.113-115
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• 2024

최근 개발되는 드론은 사용자의 편의를 위하여, 사진이나 동영상과 같은 파일을 휴대 기기로 전송하거나 휴대 기기로 드론을 조종하는 것과 같은 휴대 기기를 통한 다양한 기능들을 제공하며, 이러한 기능들은 와이파이를 기반으로 이루어진다. 그러나, 와이파이는 인증 해제 공격이나 Evil Twin 공격과 같은 취약점이 존재하며, 이러한 취약점으로 인하여 드론에서 제공하는 다양한 기능들과 관련된 보안 위협이 발생할 가능성이 존재한다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 와이파이를 사용하는 드론에서 발생 가능한 취약점을 미리 분석하고 방어하기 위한 목적으로, 와이파이에서 발생 가능한 취약점 중 하나인 패스워드 크래킹 취약점을 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 드론에서 제공하는 와이파이의 패스워드를 크래킹함으로써 공격자가 드론 네트워크 내부로 진입이 가능한 것을 실증하였다. 향후, 드론 환경에서 패스워드 크래킹 뿐만 아니라, 와이파이에서 발생 가능한 다양한 취약점을 분석하고 실증할 예정이다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.177-182
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• 2011

This paper introduces a possibility for attackers to acquire the keyboard scan codes through using the RESEND command provided by the keyboard hardware itself, based on the PS/2 interface that is a dominant interface for input devices. Accordingly, a keyboard sniffing program using the introduced vulnerability is implemented to prove the severeness of the vulnerability, which shows that user passwords can be easily exposed. As one of the intrinsic vulnerabilities found on the existing platforms, for which there were little considerations on the security problems when they were designed, it is required to consider a hardware approach to countermeasure the introduced vulnerability.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.131-137
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• 2011

Recently Lin et al. proposed a simple remote user authentication scheme using smart cards. But the proposed scheme has not satisfied security requirements which should be considered in the user authentication scheme using the password based smart card. In this paper, we show that Lin et al.'s scheme is insecure against off-line password guessing attack. In their scheme, any legal user's password may be derived from the password guessing when his/her smart card is stolen and the secret information is leaked from the smart card by an attacker. Accordingly, we demonstrate the vulnerability of their scheme and present an enhancement to resolve such security weakness. Our proposed scheme can withstand various possible attacks including password guessing attack. Furthermore, this improved scheme can provide mutual authentication to improve the security robustness. Performance evaluation shows that the proposed scheme is relatively more effective than Lin et al.'s scheme.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.11-21
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• 2004

To authorize IPSec-VPN Client in Client-to-Gateway type of the IPSec-VPN system, it can be normally used with ID/Password verification method or the implicit authorization method that regards implicitly IPSec-VPN gateway as authorized one in case that the IPSec-VPN client is authenticated. However, it is necessary for the Client-to-Gateway type of the IPSec-VPN system to have a more effective user authorization mechanism because the ID/Password verification method is not easy to transfer the ID/Password information and the implicit authorization method has the vulnerability of security. This paper proposes an effective user authorization mechanism using an attribute certificate and designs a user authorization engine. In addition, it is implemented in this study. The user authorization mechanism for the IPSec-VPN system proposed in this study is easy to implement the existing IPSec-VPN system. Moreover, it has merit to guarantee the interoperability with other IPSec-VPN systems. Furthermore, the user authorization engine designed and implemented in this paper will provide not only DAC(Discretional Access Control) and RBAC(Role-Based Access Control) using an attribute certificate, but also the function of SSO(Single-Sign-On).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.857-869
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• 2016

It is a well-known fact that password based authentication system has been threatened for crucial data leakage through monitoring key log. Recently, to prevent this type of attack using keystroke logging, virtual onscreen keyboards are widely used as one of the solutions. The virtual keyboards, however, also have some crucial vulnerabilities and the major weak point is that important information, such as password, can be exposed by tracking the trajectory of the mouse cursor. Thus, in this paper, we discuss the vulnerabilities of the onscreen keyboard, and present hypothetical attack scenario and a method to crack passwords. Finally to evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme, we demonstrate an example experiment which includes attacking and cracking by utilizing password dictionary and analyze the result.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4612-4617
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• 2011

Hsiang-Shin proposed a user authentication scheme which was created by improving Yoon's scheme. Afterwards, An showed the failure to meet security requirements which are considered in user authentication using password-based smart card in Hsiang-Shih-suggested scheme. In other words, it was found that an attacker can steal a user's card, and detect a user's password by temporarily accessing it and extracting the information stored in it. However, An-proposed scheme also showed its vulnerability to password-guessing attack and forgery/impersonation attack, etc. and thus, this paper proposed the improved user authentication scheme. The proposed authentication scheme can thwart the password-guessing attack completely and this paper proposed scheme also includes an efficient mutual authentication method that can make it possible for users and authentication server to certify the other party.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38B no.5
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• pp.377-384
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• 2013

In order to improve the security strength in the password based user authentication, in which the security vulnerability is increased while the same password is repeatedly used, the OTP(One-Time Password) system has been introduced. In the OTP systems, however, the user account information and OTP value may be hacked if the user PC is infected by the malicious codes, because the user types the OTP value, which is generated by the mobile device synchronized with the server, directly onto the user PC. In this paper, we propose a new method, called DTOTP(Dual Transmission OTP), to solve this security problem. The DTOTP system is an improved two-factor authentication method by using the dual transmission, in which the user performs the server authentication by typing the user account and password information onto the PC, and then for the OTP authentication the mobile device scans the QR code displayed on the PC and the OTP value is sent to the server directly. The proposed system provides more improved security strength than that of the existing OTP system, and also can adopt the existing OTP algorithm without any modification. As a result, the proposed system can be safely applied to various security services such like banking, portal, and game services.