A Graphical Password Scheme Based on Rounded Image Selection

Xinyuan Qin, Wenjuan Li

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Abstract

Graphical password is considered as an alternative to traditional textual password, but it also faces many threats such as shoulder-surfing attack. To design and build a more secure and robust graphical password system with the resistance to multiple attacks modalities, especially brute force attack, guessing attack and shoulder-surfing attack, it is important to avoid the credentials being captured in just one step, e.g., by adding several rounds of input. For example, with respect to shoulder-surfing attack resistance, the input design ought to incorporate a certain degree of fault tolerance, with the specific value determined based on the acceptable tolerance range. By integrating this fault tolerance characteristic, the system can effectively withstand shoulder-surfing attacks while preserving the integrity of the authentication procedure. In this work, we learn from the current literature and design a graphical password scheme based on rounded image selection (e.g., three rounds). We provide a detailed scheme design and perform a performance analysis via a user study. Our results indicate that our proposed scheme is viable and gets credit from the participants.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationScience of Cyber Security - 5th International Conference, SciSec 2023, Proceedings
EditorsMoti Yung, Chao Chen, Weizhi Meng
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages97-114
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783031459320
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2023
Event5th International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, SciSec 2023 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 11 Jul 202314 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14299 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, SciSec 2023
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period11/07/2314/07/23

Keywords

  • Graphical Password
  • Image Selection
  • Password Security
  • Shoulder-surfing Attack
  • Usability
  • User Authentication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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