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Security Analysis of Touch Inputted Passwords

A Preliminary Study Based on the Resistance against Brute Force Attacks

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Network and System Security (NSS 2013)

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a security analysis of a few touch inputted authentication methods (Android´s PIN and pattern unlock, and iconographic password), based mainly on the resistance against brute force attacks. In order to support our study, we developed a set of specific tools for performing the tests against each method. Recommendations for improving the security of the aforementioned mechanisms are given based on the experimental results.

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  1. CPqD - Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Brazil

    Bruno Alves Pereira Botelho, Emilio Tissato Nakamura & Nelson Uto

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  1. Bruno Alves Pereira Botelho
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  1. Computer Science Department, ETSI Informatica, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Malaga, Spain

    Javier Lopez

  2. School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fujian Normal University, No. 32 Shangsan Road, 350007, Fuzhou, China

    Xinyi Huang

  3. Institute for Cyber Security,, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, 78249, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Ravi Sandhu

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Pereira Botelho, B.A., Nakamura, E.T., Uto, N. (2013). Security Analysis of Touch Inputted Passwords. In: Lopez, J., Huang, X., Sandhu, R. (eds) Network and System Security. NSS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7873. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38631-2_61

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