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Study on Analysis and Reconstruction of Leaked Signal from USB Keyboards

USB 키보드 누설신호 분석 및 복원에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2016.07.13
  • Accepted : 2016.11.18
  • Published : 2016.10.30

Abstract

In this paper, we suggested the methodology of analyzing and reconstructing of measured electromagnetic emanations from the Micro Controller Unit(MCU) chip of Universal Serial Bus(USB) keyboard. By analyzing electromagnetic emanations, entered information is found at keystroke and furthermore, information security problems such as personal information leakage and eavesdropping can be arisen. USB keyboards make the radiated signal according to the signal transmission mechanism. Electromagnetic emanations were measured by log periodic antenna and wideband receiver and were analyzed by signal processing algorithm.

본 논문에서는 개인용 유선 키보드의 한 형태인 Universal Serial Bus(USB) 키보드의 마이크로 컨트롤러 칩을 통해서 방사되는 누설 전자파를 측정하고 복원하는 방법을 제시하였다. 누설 전자파를 분석함으로써 키보드를 통해서 어떤 정보가 입력되었는지 알 수 있으므로 비밀번호 등의 개인정보 누설, 도청 등 정보 보안상의 문제가 발생한다. USB 키보드는 신호 전송 메커니즘에 따라 누설 전자파를 발생시킨다. 누설 전자파는 대수 주기 안테나와 광대역 수신기를 이용하여 측정하였고, 신호 처리 알고리즘을 이용하여 분석하였다.

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