• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제10C권2호
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• pp.141-144
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• 2003

인가된 사용자가 패스워드를 입력하는 과정이 타인에게 관찰되어도 패스워드가 노출되지 않는 세계 최초의 패스워드 시스템인 듀얼 패스워드 시스템을 제안하고, 듀얼 패스워드 시스템이 사용자를 인증하는 과정을 제시한다. 듀얼 패스워드 시스템의 패스워드 입력은 first password와 second password의 동일한 위치에 있는 두 기호를 매칭하는 과정을 반복하여 이루어진다. 따라서, 패스워드로부터 first password와 second password를 유도하는 방법은 듀얼 패스워드 시스템에서 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 패스워드로부터 first password와 second password를 유도하는 방법과 관련하여 dual password derivation 문제를 정의하며, dual password derivation 문제의 해에 대한 평가 척도들을 제시한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.2235-2253
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• 2011

Digital document file such as Adobe Acrobat or MS-Office is encrypted by its own ciphering algorithm with a user password. When this password is not known to a user or a forensic inspector, it is necessary to recover the password to open the encrypted file. Password cracking by brute-force search is a perfect approach to discover the password but a time consuming process. This paper presents a new method of speeding up password recovery on Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) using a Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). PDF files are chosen as a password cracking target, and the Abode Acrobat password recovery algorithm is examined. Experimental results show that the proposed method gives high performance at low cost, with a cluster of GPU nodes significantly speeding up the password recovery by exploiting a number of computing nodes. Password cracking performance is increased linearly in proportion to the number of computing nodes and GPUs.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.603-623
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• 2023

While prior work has conducted individuals' password security behavior, there is a relatively neglect to examine individuals' affect and feelings of password fatigue in password change context. Therefore, this study explicated individuals' affective response to the feelings of password fatigue by drawing on several theoretical lens. Survey data collected from 267 users were used to test the model using partial least square analysis. This study found that feelings of password fatigue positively affected the negative password fatigue-induced affect, and also both the feelings of password fatigue and the negative password fatigue-induced affect were negatively related to attitude toward changing passwords, which in turn, leads to the intention to change passwords. Furthermore, this study found that shadow work recognition negatively moderated the relationship between attitude and behavioral intention. This study could offer a new theoretical perspective to understand an individual's security behavior and provide empirical evidences for practitioners in charge of IT security in organizations.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.1047-1057
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• 2018

웹사이트 이용이 증가하면서, 패스워드들을 암호화하여 데이터베이스에 저장 관리해주는 패스워드 매니저의 사용이 증가하고 있다. 브라우저 기반 패스워드 매니저와 로컬 기반 패스워드 매니저는 암호화된 데이터베이스를 로컬 컴퓨터에 저장한다. 웹 기반 패스워드 매니저는 암호화된 데이터베이스를 클라우드 서버에 저장하지만 사용자는 클라우드 서버에 접속하는데 사용하는 마스터 패스워드를 로컬 컴퓨터에 저장할 수 있다. 공격자가 사용자의 컴퓨터에서 패스워드 데이터베이스를 훔쳐 복호화에 성공한다면, 사용자의 모든 패스워드들이 노출되는 심각한 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 로컬 컴퓨터에 저장된 패스워드 저장소의 보안 취약점을 분석하는 절차를 제시하고, 패스워드 저장소를 공격하는 시나리오를 제시하며, 공격 프로그램을 개발하여 패스워드 저장소를 공격함으로써 패스워드 저장소의 보안 취약점을 확인한다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.346-350
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• 2007

Almost all network systems provide an authentication mechanism based on user ID and password. In such system, it is easy to obtain the user password using a sniffer program with illegal eavesdropping. The one-time password and challenge-response method are useful authentication schemes that protect the user passwords against eavesdropping. In client/server environments, the one-time password scheme using time is especially useful because it solves the synchronization problem. It is the stability that is based on Square Root Problem, and we would like to suggest PBSI(Password Based Secure Identification), enhancing the stability, for all of the well-known attacks by now including Off-line dictionary attack, password file compromise, Server and so on. The PBSI is also excellent in the aspect of the performance.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2020

As more users use mobile devices, shoulder surfing attacks have emerged as an important issue in security. According to research report, in fact, the result showed that about 30% of smartphone users are hit by shoulder surfing attacks. To this end, in this paper, we consider a shoulder surfing attack and propose a partially hidden password system to resistant to its attack. In order to help readers understand, we describe the proposed password system in more detail using one simple example. The core idea behind the proposed system is to place the user's password randomly in the specified grid instead of entering a password directly. As a result, even if an attacker makes a shoulder surfing attack to observe the password, the user can hide the preset password and defend against the attack. We also show how the security of the password system proposed in this paper is improved. In addition, even if there are consecutive shoulder surfing attacks, the security of the proposed password system is robust.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2023

It is a common practice to use a password in order to restrict access to information, or in a general sense, to assets. Right selection of the password is necessary for protecting the assets more effectively. Password finding/cracking try outs are performed for deciding which level of protection do used or prospective passwords offer, and password cracking algorithms are generated. These algorithms are becoming more intelligent and succeed in finding more number of passwords in less tries and in a shorter duration. In this study, the performances of possible password finding algorithms are measured, and a hybrid algorithm based on the performances of different password cracking algorithms is generated, and it is demonstrated that the performance of the hybrid algorithm is superior to the base algorithms.

• 정보보호학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2018

Textual passwords are widely used for accessing online accounts. Despite the problems of current textual passwords, research has shown that there is no other strong alternatives for a textual password due to its simplicity. There has been significant research to make passwords more secure and usable through password composition policies, password managers, password meters, and multi-factor authentications. In this paper, we focus on several key research that investigates and analyzes widely used password composition policies, and summarize the latest research which aims to improve current password composition policies.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.213-216
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• 2005

Almost all network systems provide an authentication mechanism based on user ID and password. In such system, it is easy to obtain the user password using a sniffer program with illegal eavesdropping. The one-time password and challenge-response method are useful authentication schemes that protect the user passwords against eavesdropping. In client/server environments, the one-time password scheme using time is especially useful because it solves the synchronization problem. It is the stability that is based on Square Root Problem, and we would like to suggest PBI(password Based Identification), enhancing the stability, for all of the well-known attacks by now including Off-line dictionary attack, password file compromise, Server and so on. The PBI is also excellent in the aspect of the performance.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2015

The developed security scheme for user authentication, which uses both a password and the various devices, is always open by malicious user. In order to solve that problem, a keystroke dynamics is introduced. A person's keystroke has a unique pattern. That allows the use of keystroke dynamics to authenticate users. However, it has a problem to authenticate users because it has an accuracy problem. And many people use passwords, for which most of them use a simple word such as "password" or numbers such as "1234." Despite people already perceive that a simple password is not secure enough, they still use simple password because it is easy to use and to remember. And they have to use a secure password that includes special characters such as "#!($^*$)^". In this paper, we propose the automatic fortified password generator system which uses special characters and keystroke feature. At first, the keystroke feature is measured while user key in the password. After that, the feature of user's keystroke is classified. We measure the longest or the shortest interval time as user's keystroke feature. As that result, it is possible to change a simple password to a secure one simply by adding a special character to it according to the classified feature. This system is effective even when the cyber attacker knows the password.