Preventing shoulder-surfing when selecting pass-images in challenge set

Jebriel, S.M. and Poet, R. (2011) Preventing shoulder-surfing when selecting pass-images in challenge set. In: International Conference on Innovations and Information Technology (IIT), Abu Dhabi, 25-27 April 2011, pp. 437-442. (doi: 10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2011.5893865)

Abstract

In this paper we present an experiment to detect the vulnerability of recognition based graphical authentication system to shoulder surfing. The experiment is conducted with teams of two, a user logging in to such as system and an observer who is trying to spot the user’s pass-image. Our results suggest that inputting our choice via the keyboard is more secure than using a mouse. We use three different ways of clicking keyboard input and find that they are all approximate equally secure.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Poet, Dr Ron
• Authors: Jebriel, S.M., and Poet, R.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science