Secure device pairing (SDP) schemes have been developed to facilitate secure
communications among smart devices, both personal mobile devices and Internet of Things …

Despite three decades of intensive research efforts, it remains an open question as to what
is the underlying distribution of user-generated passwords. In this paper, we make a …

In this paper, we present the first longitudinal measurement study of the underground
ecosystem fueling credential theft and assess the risk it poses to millions of users. Over the …

Text passwords---a frequent vector for account compromise, yet still ubiquitous---have been
studied for decades by researchers attempting to determine how to coerce users to create …

Wearable computing is rapidly getting deployed in many—commercial, medical, and
personal—domains of day-to-day life. Wearable devices appear in various forms, shapes …

Systems and computer-implemented methods for authoriz ing respective access by each of
a plurality of Internet users to a respective one or more Internet services provided by each of …

Secure communications are provided between a user computing device and a server
computing device. An enrollment request is received from a user computing device that is …

Abstract “Security Keys” are second-factor devices that protect users against phishing and
man-in-the-middle attacks. Users carry a single device and can self-register it with any …

This paper presents D raw-A-PIN, a user authentication system on a device with a touch
interface that supports the use of PINs. In the proposed system, the user is asked to draw her …

While it is not recommended, Internet users tend to include personal information in their
passwords for easy memorization. However, the use of personal information in passwords …