• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.135-141
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• 2011

Recent advances in mobile devices and development of various mobile applications dealing with private information of users made user authentication in mobile devices a very important issue. This paper presents a new user authentication method based on touch screen interfaces. This method uses for authentication the PIN digits as well as the exact locations the user touches to input these digits. Our method is fully compatible with the regular PIN entry method which uses numeric keypads, and it provides better usability than the behavioral biometric schemes because its PIN registration process is much simpler. According to our experiments, our method guarantees EERs of 12.8%, 8.3%, and 9.3% for 4-digit PINs, 6-digit PINs, and 11-digit cell phone numbers, respectively, under the extremely conservative assumption that all users have the same PIN digits and cell phone numbers. Thus we can guarantee much higher performance in identification functionality by applying this result to a more practical situation where every user uses distinct PIN and sell phone number. Finally, our method is far more secure than the regular PIN entry method, which is verified by our experiments where attackers are required to recover a PIN after observing the PIN entry processes of the regular PIN and our method under the same level of security parameters.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.1-11
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• 2010

Recently, We have many private information leakage cases through internet which cause social problems and it is impossible to change or update the leaked information, it is also used to the third crime such as identity theft, internet fraud. Hackers are interested in stealing private information for making money, in this point private information leakage problems are constantly increased hereafter. In this paper, I surveyed the authorization model on site registration which is currently used in Korea, and the problem of collecting personal identification number, I proposed policy model of useless method of private information, especially leaked information can not be used anymore in internet.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.31-40
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• 2005

21세기를 맞이하면서 정보통신기술의 발전과 인터넷 이용 확산 등으로 사용자 인증이 중요한 문제로 대두되고 있다. 패스워드 또는 PIN(Personal Identification Number)을 이용한 사용자 인증 방법이 현재까지 널리 쓰이고 있으나 타인에게 노출되거나 잊어버리는 등의 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 개인의 고유한 생체정보를 이용한 주요 정보 보호 및 사용자 인증 등의 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 생체인식 기술을 대규모 응용에 적용하기 위해서는 생체정보의 안전한 저장/전송/처리 등 생체정보 보호에 대한 연구가 필수적이다. 본 고에서는 디지털 컨텐츠 보호에 사용되는 워터마킹 기법을 이용하여 이러한 생체정보를 보호하려는 경우 발생하는 이슈와 관련 연구 동향을 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.334-336
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• 2004

국내 전자상거래 제품과의 호환성과 확장성을 위하여 국내 전자서명 표준인 KCDSA(Korean Certificate-based Digital Signature Algorithm) 메커니즘을 PKCS(Public Key Cryptographic Standard) #11 암호 API(Application Programming Interface)에 기능을 추가한다. PKCS #11에서 정의한 키 관리(Hey Management) 함수의 입력 파라미터에 암호화할 키를 바로 입력하면 변조된 키를 전달할 수 있으므로, 본 논문에서는 안전한 키보호(Key Protection) 함수를 새로 정의하여 암호화할 키 대신 사용자 PIN(Personal Identification Number: 패스워드) 입력하여 사용자의 KCDSA 개인키와 공개키를 보다 더 안전하게 보관하고자 한다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.111-115
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• 2023

Knowledge Based Authentication is the most well-known technique for user authentication in a computer security framework. Most frameworks utilize a straightforward PIN (Personal Identification Number) or psssword as an data authenticator. Since password based authenticators typically will be software based, they are inclined to different attacks and weaknesses, from both human and software.Some of the attacks are talked about in this paper.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.91-96
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• 2017

PIN-entry interfaces have high risks to leak secret values if the malicious attackers perform shoulder-surfing attacks with advanced monitoring and observation devices. To make the PIN-entry secure, many studies have considered invisible radio channels as a secure medium to deliver private information. However, the methods are also vulnerable if the malicious adversaries find a hint of secret values from user's $na{\ddot{i}}ve$ gestures. In this paper, we revisit the state-of-art radio channel based bimodal PIN-entry method and analyze the information leakage from the previous method by exploiting the sight tracking attacks. The proposed sight tracking attack technique significantly reduces the original password complexities by 93.8% after post-processing. To keep the security level strong, we introduce the advanced bimodal PIN-entry technique. The new technique delivers the secret indicator information through a secure radio channel and the smartphone screen only displays the multiple indicator options without corresponding numbers. Afterwards, the users select the target value by following the circular layout. The method completely hides the password and is secure against the advanced shoulder-surfing attacks.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.65-75
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• 2004

It is notorious that PIN(Personal Identification Number) is used widely for user verification and authentication in networked environment. But, when the user Identification and password are exposed by hacking, we can be damaged monetary damage as well as invasion of privacy. In this paper, we adopt face recognition-based authentication which have nothing to worry what the ID and password will be exposed. Also, we suggest the remote authentication and verification system by considering not only 2-Tier system but also 3-Tier system getting be distributed. In this research, we analyze the face feature data using the SVM(Support Vector Machine) and PCA(Principle Component Analysis), and implement artificial intelligence face recognition module in distributed environment which increase the authentication speed and heightens accuracy by utilizing artificial intelligence techniques.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.17D no.2
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• pp.167-174
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• 2010

When entering the PIN(personal identification number), the greatest security threat is shoulder surfing attack. Shoulder surfing attack is watching the PIN being entered from over the shoulder to obtain the number, and it is the most common and at the same time the most powerful security threat of stealing the PIN. In this paper, a psychology based PINpad technology referred to as DAS(Dynamic Authentication System) that safeguards from shoulder surfing attack was proposed. Also, safety of the proposed DAS from shoulder surfing attack was tested and verified through intuitive viewpoint, shoulder surfing test, and theoretical analysis. Then, a PINpad with an internal DAS that was certified for its safety from shoulder surfing attack was designed and produced. Because the designed PINpad significantly decreases the chances for shoulder surfing attackers being able to steal the PIN when compared to the ordinary PINpad, it was determined to be suitable for use at ATM(automated teller machine)s operated by banks and therefore has been introduced and is being used by many financial institutions.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.453-462
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• 2021

As the status of public certificates expired due to the recent revision of the Electronic Signature Act, electronic signature-based public certificates were also lost in the means of replacing resident registration numbers(RRN). As a result, public certification institutions have recently been designated by the Korea Communications Commission as identity verification service providers through a review of the designation of personal identity proofing agency based on alternative means of RRN. However, unlike existing RRN replacements such as i-PIN, mobile phones, and credit cards, the personal identity proofing process for applicants for certificates is different from existing alternatives. The proposed method shows that it is possible to protect users' personal information and provide universal, reasonable, and safe identification services by applying improvements to electronic signature-based personal identity proofing services.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.201-208
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• 2020

Recently, the application of personal proofing service based on social security number(SSN) replacement means for verifying identity in non-face-to-face transactions is increasing. In this paper, we propose a method of applying differentiated personal proofing service on whether identity verification is necessary in the online service provided by ISP and if it is appropriate to apply a certain level of assurance. By analyzing the requirements related to personal proofing required by current ISPs, we analyze the risks for each of the requirements and propose a method of applying differentiated personal proofing service according to the level of identity assurance guarantee to minimize the risks. In applying the proposed method to online service provision, it is possible to reduce user's unnecessary authentication cost by minimizing the application of personal proofing service based on alternative means, and to help protect user personal information by minimizing excessively collected personal information.