User authentication and detection of malicious actions

Abstract

Modern devices can carry out potentially dangerous actions, such as storing corporate and personal data, performing electronic transactions, accessing health data, and many more. All these actions introduce the ability to securely access increasingly personal information, which, in fact, raises the problem of user authentication. The usage of passwords introduces critical security issues due to their predictability, while tokens are not resistant to malware attacks, such as key loggers and memory scrapers.These issues can only be addressed by holistically investigating the problem of user authentication. The security of online accounts is drastically affected by the password predictability, as well as the parameters for password storage. Therefore, we propose a mathematical model, based on the parameters that influence password security. The main goal is to discover the cost of password guessing. Moreover, an extended survey of the default password storage parameters indicates that a s ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/44527
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/44527
ND
44527
Alternative title
Αυθεντικοποίηση χρηστών και ανίχνευση κακόβουλων ενεργειών
Author
Malliaros, Stefanos (Father's name: Stavros)
Date
2018
Degree Grantor
University of Piraeus (UNIPI)
Committee members
Ξενάκης Χρήστος
Λαμπρινουδάκης Κωνσταντίνος
Κάτσικας Σωκράτης
Χρυσικόπουλος Βασίλειος
Μάγκος Εμμανουήλ
Γκρίτζαλης Στέφανος
Ριζομυλιώτης Παναγιώτης
Discipline
Engineering and TechnologyElectrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Keywords
User authentication; Password authentication; Biometric verification
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
123 σ., tbls., ch.
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