• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.71-84
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• 2019

Various researchers conducted the research on two-factor authentication suitable for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) after Das first proposed two-factor authentication combining the smart card and password. After then, To improve the security of user authentication, elliptic curve cryptography(ECC)-based authentication protocols have been proposed. Jiang et al. proposed a privacy-aware two-factor authentication protocol based on ECC for WSM for resolving various problems of ECC-based authentication protocols. However, Jiang et al.'s protocol has the vulnerabilities on a lack of mutual authentication, a risk of SID modification and a lack of sensor anonymity, and user's ID exposed on sensor node Therefore, this paper proposed security enhanced privacy-aware two-factor authentication protocol for wireless sensor networks to solve the problem of Jiang et al.'s protocol, and security analysis was conducted for the proposed protocol.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2022

핀테크 환경에서 스마트 폰을 이용한 금융거래가 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 안전한 금융거래를 위해 사용자 인증 기술이 필수적이다. 기존 보안 키패드를 통한 PIN 인증은 입력 편리성이 좋지만, 보안성이 떨어지고 취약점이 존재한다. 생체인증 기법은 보안성이 안전하지만 오탐 및 미탐 인증 가능성이 있다. 이를 보완하기 위해 2-factor 인증을 사용한다. 본 논문에서는 생체인증 기법을 적용한 PIN 입력을 통해 편리성과 보안성을 높일 수 있는 1.5-factor 인증을 제안하고자 한다. 지문인증의 안정성과 2~4번의 PIN 입력을 통해 편리성을 제공하여 안전한 금융거래가 가능하다. 제안기법은 PIN 입력 시 생체인증을 동시에 수행하므로 PIN 입력할 때 터치하는 영역에 지문인식을 적용하는 방식이다. 보안이 요구되는 경우 높은 안전성이 요구되는 상황에서는 추가적인 PIN 입력을 통해 입력 편리성을 보장하면서 사용자 인증을 수행하여 안전한 금융거래가 가능하다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2017

스마트폰의 대중화와 인터넷의 발전으로 많은 사람들이 스마트폰을 이용하여 본인확인 인증절차를 진행한다. 스마트폰을 이용하면 개인용 데스크탑 컴퓨터를 이용하는 상황보다 쉽고 빠르게 인증이 가능하기 때문이다. 하지만 인터넷 해킹 기술과 악성코드 배포 기술이 빠르게 진화하고 공격형태도 더 다양해짐에 따라서 모바일 환경에 적합한 인증방법이 요구되고 있다. 인증방법으로는 소지기반 인증, 지식기반 인증, 생체기반 인증, 패턴기반 인증, 다중요소 인증 등의 방법이 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트폰을 이용하여 수집 가능한 정보를 인증요소로 활용하는 사용자 인증 메커니즘을 제안한다. 제안 인증 메커니즘을 사용하면 본인의 스마트폰 정보 및 환경정보를 숨김 인증요소로 활용하여 타인에게 노출이 안된 상태에서 인증과정을 진행할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 제안 인증 메커니즘을 이용한 사용자 인증 시스템을 구현하여 적용성, 편의성, 보안성을 기준으로 효용성을 평가하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.63-76
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• 2023

Identity and access management in cloud computing is one of the leading significant issues that require various security countermeasures to preserve user privacy. An authentication mechanism is a leading solution to authenticate and verify the identities of cloud users while accessing cloud applications. Building a secured and flexible authentication mechanism in a cloud computing platform is challenging. Authentication techniques can be combined with other security techniques such as intrusion detection systems to maintain a verifiable layer of security. In this paper, we provide an interactive, flexible, and reliable multi-factor authentication mechanisms that are primarily based on a proposed Authentication Method Selector (AMS) technique. The basic idea of AMS is to rely on the user's previous authentication information and user behavior which can be embedded with additional authentication methods according to the organization's requirements. In AMS, the administrator has the ability to add the appropriate authentication method based on the requirements of the organization. Based on these requirements, the administrator will activate and initialize the authentication method that has been added to the authentication pool. An intrusion detection component has been added to apply the users' location and users' default web browser feature. The AMS and intrusion detection components provide a security enhancement to increase the accuracy and efficiency of cloud user identity verification.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.1076-1089
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• 2021

Among the currently used knowledge-based authentication methods for smartphones, text and graphic-based authentication methods, such as PIN and pattern methods, use a display unit and a touch function of the display unit for input/output of secret information. Recently released smartphone form factors are trying to transform into various forms, away from the conventional bar and slate types because of the material change of the display unit used in the existing smartphone and the increased flexibility of the display unit. However, as mentioned in the study of D. Choi [1], the structural change of the display unit may directly or indirectly affect the authentication method using the display unit as the main input/output device for confidential information, resulting in unexpected security vulnerabilities. In this paper, we analyze the security vulnerabilities of the current mobile user authentication methods that is applied atypical form factor. According to the analysis results, it seems that the existing display-dependent mobile user authentication methods do not consider emerging security threats at all. Furthermore, it is easily affected by changes in the form factor of smartphones. Finally, we propose countermeasures for security vulnerabilities expected when applying conventional authentication methods to atypical form factor-based smartphones.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2014

Password-based authentication using smart card provides two factor authentications, namely a successful login requires the client to have a valid smart card and a correct password. While it provides stronger security guarantees than only password authentication, it could also fail if both authentication factors are compromised ((1) the user's smart card was stolen and (2) the user's password was exposed). In this case, there is no way to prevent the adversary from impersonating the user. Now, the new technology of biometrics is becoming a popular method for designing a more secure authentication scheme. In terms of physiological and behavior human characteristics, biometric information is used as a form of authentication factor. Biometric information, such as fingerprints, faces, voice, irises, hand geometry, and palmprints can be used to verify their identities. In this article, we review the biometric-based authentication scheme by Cheng et al. and provide a security analysis on the scheme. Our analysis shows that Cheng et al.'s scheme does not guarantee any kind of authentication, either server-to-user authentication or user-to-server authentication. The contribution of the current work is to demonstrate these by mounting two attacks, a server impersonation attack and a user impersonation attack, on Cheng et al.'s scheme. In addition, we propose the enhanced authentication scheme that eliminates the security vulnerabilities of Cheng et al.'s scheme.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2013

Current smartphone authentication systems are deemed inconvenient and difficult for users on remembering their password as well as privacy issues on stolen or forged biometrics. New authentication system is demanded to be implicit to users with very minimum user involvement being. This idea aims towards a future model of authentication system for smartphones users without users realizing them being authenticated. We use the most frequent activity that users carry out with their smartphone, which is the calling activity. We derive two basics related interactions that are first factor being arm's flex (AF) action to pick a phone to be near ones' ears and then once getting near ear using second factor from ear shape image. Here, we combine behavior biometrics from AF in first factor and physical biometrics from ear image in second factor. Our study shows our dual-factor authentication system does not require explicit user interaction thereby improving convenience and alleviating burden from users from persistent necessity to remember password. These findings will augment development of novel implicit authentication system being transparent, easier, and unobtrusive for users.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.28-38
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• 2009

로그인 과정에서는 사용자의 ID와 Password를 기반으로 시스템에 대한 사용권한을 확인하고 접근 권한을 부여한다. 하지만 로그인 과정에서 입력된 ID와 Password 정보는 패킷 스니핑 또는 키 로그(Key log) 프로그램 등을 이용하여 악의적인 공격자에 의해 노출될 수 있다는 취약점이 있다. 웹서버 또는 웹메일 시스템 등에 등록된 ID와 Password가 노출된다면 이는 개인 프라이버시 문제와도 연결되어 매우 심각한 문제를 야기한다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 ID/Password 기반 로그인 기법과 더불어 소프트웨어 형태의 보안카드를 핸드폰에 설치하여 유무선망을 통한 다중 인증(Multi-factor authentication) 기법을 제시한다. 제안한 소프트웨어 형태의 보안카드 기반 로그인 기법은 ID/Password와 함께 부가적으로 바이오 정보를 이용할 수 있으며 사용자의 핸드폰에 소프트 형태의 보안카드를 생성/전송/저장하게 된다. 따라서 제안한 시스템을 사용할 경우 기존의 ID 및 Password 정보에 대해 각 개인별 바이오 정보 기반 일회용 패스워드(Biometric One-Time Password) 방식으로 소프트 보안카드를 생성할 수 있으며 이를 이용하여 웹 및 인터넷 로그인 과정을 수행하기 때문에 보다 안전한 다중 인증 시스템을 구축할 수 있다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.427-432
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• 2010

The fast-emerging of cloud computing technology today has sufficiently benefited its wide range of users from individuals to large organizations. It carries an attractive characteristic by renting myriad virtual storages, computing resources and platform for users to manipulate their data or utilize the processing resources conveniently over Internet without the need to know the exact underlying infrastructure which is resided remotely at cloud servers. However due to the loss of direct control over the systems/applications, users are concerned about the risks of cloud services if it is truly secured. In the literature, there are cases where attackers masquerade as cloud users, illegally access to their accounts, by stealing the static login password or breaking the poor authentication gate. In this paper, we propose a two-factor authentication framework to enforce cloud services' authentication process, which are Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) authentication and mobile out-of-band (OOB) authentication. We discuss the framework's security analysis in later session and conclude that it is robust to phishing and replay attacks, prohibiting fraud users from accessing to the cloud services.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.2844-2861
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• 2023

Internet is the most prevailing word being used nowadays. Over the years, people are becoming more dependent on the internet as it makes their job easier. This became a part of everyone's life as a means of communication in almost every area like financial transactions, education, and personal-health operations. A lot of data is being converted to digital and made online. Many researchers have proposed different authentication factors - biometric and/or non-biometric authentication factors - as the first line of defense to secure online data. Among all those factors, passwords and passphrases are being used by many users around the world. However, the usability of these factors is low. Also, the passwords are easily susceptible to brute force and dictionary attacks. This paper proposes the generation of a novel passcode from the hybrid authentication factor - sound. The proposed passcode is evaluated for its strength to resist brute-force and dictionary attacks using the Shannon entropy and Passcode (or password) entropy formulae. Also, the passcode is evaluated for its usability. The entropy value of the proposed is 658.2. This is higher than that of other authentication factors. Like, for a 6-digit pin - the entropy value was 13.2, 101.4 for Password with Passphrase combined with Keystroke dynamics and 193 for fingerprint, and 30 for voice biometrics. The proposed novel passcode is far much better than other authentication factors when compared with their corresponding strength and usability values.