A new security problem of USB: Monitoring cable attack and countermeasures

An Wang*, Zheng Li, Xianwen Yang, Boang Feng

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Abstract

USB interface is one of the most frequently used communication interfaces of computer, whose security problems come to appear gradually nowadays. However, people usually pay much more attention to the secure store and authenticated access rather than the security of USB cable. In this paper, a new attack approach on USB cable is proposed and a USB cable monitor is designed. Based on FPGA environment, practical monitoring experiments on common USB devices such as flash disk are made. Accordingly, some strategies against the monitoring USB cable attack are given based on cryptography.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Software Engineering - Information Technology and Computing Intelligence, ITSE 2012
Pages129-137
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Software Engineering, ITSE 2012 - Beijing, China
Duration: 8 Dec 201210 Dec 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume211 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Software Engineering, ITSE 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period8/12/1210/12/12

Keywords

  • Data communication
  • Information security
  • Monitoring cable attack
  • Universal serial bus

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