User authentication based on the chess graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder surfing

User authentication is an indispensable part of a secure system. The traditional authentication methods have been proved to be vulnerable to different types of security attacks. Artificial intelligence is being applied to crack textual passwords and even CAPTCHAs are being dismantled within few attempts. The use of graphical password as an alternate to the textual passwords for user authentication can be an efficient strategy. However, they have been proved to be susceptible to shoulder surfing like attacks. Advanced authentication systems such as biometrics are secure but require additional infrastructure for efficient implementation. This paper proposes a novel pattern-based multi-factor authentication scheme that uses a combination of text and images resulting for identifying the legitimate users. The proposed system has been mathematically analyzed and has been found to provide much larger password space as compared to simple text based passwords. This renders the proposed system secure against brute force and other dictionary based attacks. Moreover, the use of text along with the images also mitigates the risk of shoulder surfing.

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Attacks on Graphical Password: A Study on Defense Mechanisms and Limitations

International Journal of Information Technology and Applied Sciences (IJITAS) ◽

10.52502/ijitas.v3i4.201 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 180-183

Author(s):

Indrani Roy ◽

Ajmerry Hossain ◽

SARKER TANVEER AHMED RUMEE

Keyword(s):

Defense Mechanisms ◽

State Of The Art ◽

User Authentication ◽

Social Engineering ◽

Brute Force ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

User Friendly

User authentication is mostly reliant on password-based based verification. Users generally used text-based passwords, which are user-friendly but often predictable and vulnerable to some common attacks. To overcome these shortcomings, graphical authentication methods have emerged. Here, users choose a sequence of images as passwords. Though such methods help users to better remember their passwords, they too suffer from attacks seen in the case of textual passwords. This paper presents a comprehensive summary of the vulnerabilities state of the art graphical password schemes against the following well-known attacks - Dictionary, Guessing, Brute force, Shoulder surfing, Spyware, and Social engineering. We believe the findings of this study can help researchers design more secure graphical password schemes making them more usable and a realistic replacement for text-based passwords.

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A Review on Shoulder Surfing Attack in Authentication Technique using Cued Click Point (CCP)

International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology ◽

10.48175/ijarsct-v2-i3-324 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 141-144

Author(s):

Jasmin P. Bhootwala ◽

Dr Subhash G. Desai

Keyword(s):

User Authentication ◽

Social Engineering ◽

Image Point ◽

Dictionary Attack ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Graphical Passwords ◽

Security Authentication ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

Brute Force Attack ◽

Graphical System

Security important now a days. Users of primary preference to security. Authentication process provide security to the user. Authentication process of identifying the person’s identity or conforming the identity of person. There are various authentication method, but most commonly used method is textual password. Combination of alphabet and number create a secure password. But some drawbacks i.e. it easily guess by also called attacker. If it make complex then it hard to memorize. Also various attacks brute force attack, dictionary attack, social engineering attack, evesdropping, etc. of textual password graphical password system introduced. Graphical system is easy to memorize but it undergo shoulder surfing attack which big problem. any entity or person can observe users password directly or by using any device. So as an alternative Graphical Passwords are introduced to resist the Shoulder surfing attack. the above mentioned attacks the new scheme highlights cued click point (CCP), Using graphical password as input and grid lines for image point verification. This paper survey shoulder surfing attacks in graphical password approach.

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An Enhanced Graphical Password Technique Using Fake Pointers

10.28945/2221 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Boniface Kayode Alese ◽

Adewumi Adewale Omojowo ◽

Tosin Akinwale Adesuyi ◽

Aderonke Favour-Bethy Thompson ◽

Sunday Olumide Adewale ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Query Language ◽

User Authentication ◽

Video Camera ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Front End ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

Structured Query Language ◽

Or Organization ◽

Authentication Technique

Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection from harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable asset, such as person, community, nation, or organization. Thus, the determination of a user being allowed access to a resource(s) is done cautiously. Alphanumeric password has been used for authentication, however, it is inherently limited. Graphical password is a possible alternative. Consequently, this paper designs a new graphical password technique based on images, rather than alphanumeric strings. Although, graphical password technique is more secure than textual password. It is also vulnerable to attacks. The most common problem therefore with Graphical Password is the Shoulder Surfing problem, also called “PEEPING ATTACK”. In this paper, we proposed a user authentication technique called “FAKEPOINTER”- a user authentication technique that conceals users’ authentication secret regardless of a shoulder surfer success by video camera(s). In the software designed, a graphical password fake indicator (pointer) is incorporated to enhance users’ login (password) against attack. The system is designed to run on windows platform with .Net support with Microsoft Structured Query Language Server as the back end, C# as front end. The system performs better when compared to existing system.

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Graphical User Authentication System Resistant to Shoulder Surfing Attack

Advances in Research ◽

10.9734/air/2019/v19i430126 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Oluwaseyifunmitan Osunade ◽

Iyanuoluwa A. Oloyede ◽

Titilayo O. Azeez

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

User Authentication ◽

Traditional Methods ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

Authentication System ◽

Alternative Solutions ◽

Visual Interface

User authentication is one of the most significant issues in the field of Information Security. The most common and convenient authentication method used is the alphanumeric password which has significant drawbacks. To overcome the vulnerabilities of traditional methods, graphical password schemes have been developed as possible alternative solutions to text-based scheme. A potential drawback of graphical password schemes is that they are more vulnerable to shoulder surfing than conventional alphanumeric text passwords due to their visual interface. To overcome the shortcoming of existing graphical password schemes this project focuses on developing a graphical authentication system that is resistant to shoulder surfing attack.

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Shoulder-Surfing Resistant Smartphone Authentication Scheme Using Virtual Joystick

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.284-287.3497 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 284-287 ◽

pp. 3497-3501 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Si Wan Kim ◽

Hyun Yi Yi ◽

Gun Il Ma ◽

Jeong Hyun Yi

Keyword(s):

Mobile Device ◽

User Authentication ◽

Authentication Scheme ◽

Brute Force ◽

Password Authentication ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

Authentication Schemes ◽

Brute Force Attack

User authentication techniques such as the setting of passwords are gradually gaining importance as a means of managing important information stored in smartphones. Existing text–based password authentication schemes have the advantages of being quick and easy to use. However, they are problematic in that passwords are easily exposed to shoulder-surfing attack. In addition, a graphical password authentication scheme has the limitation of being difficult to apply to mobile device environments, in which a lot of information must be remembered and small-sized screens are provided. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new hybrid password authentication scheme using a pocket billiard and a virtual joystick, which is secure against shoulder-surfing, brute force attack, and smudge attack and has excellent usability.

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Multi-level Scalable Textual-Graphical Password Authentication Scheme for Web based Applications

REV Journal on Electronics and Communications ◽

10.21553/rev-jec.64 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (3-4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Umedha Behl ◽

Divya Bhat ◽

Neha Ubhaykar ◽

Vaibhav Godbole ◽

Saurabh Kulkarni

Keyword(s):

Level Scheme ◽

User Authentication ◽

Authentication Scheme ◽

Password Authentication ◽

Web Based ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Security Authentication ◽

Shoulder Surfing ◽

Multi Level ◽

Better Than

Nowadays, user authentication is one of the important topics in information security. Authentication is necessary in multi-user systems. User name and password are used to authenticate a user. Text-based strong password scheme can provide security to a certain degree. Users tend to pick short passwords or passwords that are easy to remember, which makes the passwords vulnerable for attackers to break. Furthermore, textual password is vulnerable to shoulder-surfing, hidden camera and spy-ware attacks. Graphical authentication has been proposed as a possible alternative solution to text-based authentication, motivated particularly by the fact that humans can remember images better than text. However, they are mostly vulnerable to shoulder surfing. In this paper, we propose a Multi-level Scalable Textual-Graphical Password Authentication Scheme for web based applications. This scheme integrates both graphical and textual password schemes, and provides multi-level authentication scheme as compared to previously proposed single level scheme. In this scheme multi-level authentication is obtained by making use of SMS service, hence provides more secure service. This scheme shows significant potential bridging the gap between conventional textual password and graphical password. Further enhancements of this scheme are proposed and briefly discussed.

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