HyperPass: Secure password input platform

Michael Kiperberg, Nezer J. Zaidenberg

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Abstract

Confidential information, like passwords and credit card numbers, travel from the user’s local machine to a remote server via secure communication protocols. Whereas remote servers are serviced by security specialists, local machines are more vulnerable to memory attacks and keyloggers. To counter these attacks we propose a secure password input platform, called HyperPass, which is based on a thin hypervisor. The thin hypervisor acts as an isolated and secure environment for entering and encrypting user’s confidential information. HyperPass uses the keyboard’s scroll lock LED as a security indicator. Our evaluation shows that the performance overhead of HyperPass is insignificant (≈ 2.79%).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICISSP 2021 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy
EditorsPaolo Mori, Gabriele Lenzini, Steven Furnell
PublisherScience and Technology Publications, Lda
Pages580-587
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897584916
ISBN (Print)9789897584916
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 11 Feb 202113 Feb 2021

Publication series

NameICISSP 2021 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/02/2113/02/21

Keywords

  • Hypervisors
  • Security Indicators
  • Trusted Computing Base
  • Virtual Machine Monitors

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