Poster: Security for the Common Man

A TESLA-based mutual authentication protocol for GSM networks

The widespread use of wireless cellular networks has made security an ever increasing concern. GSM is the most popular wireless cellular standard, but security is an issue. The most critical weakness in the GSM protocol is the use of one-way entity authentication, i.e., only the mobile station is authenticated by the network. This creates many security problems including vulnerability against m...

Poster: Mobile Security for Dummies: Designing Mobile Security Interfaces for the Non-Expert

Poster: User perception of usability and security of a mobile payment system

Mobile (feature) phone-based monetary transactions are common in the developing world, where there are millions of users in Africa and India. These mobile payment systems are often offered by network carriers acting as a clearing house for a small fee on each transaction. This payment system does not require the user having a bank account. Evaluations of these payment systems usability and secu...

Poster Abstract: Lightweight Authentication Method for Controller Area Network

In the age of smart and connected vehicles, there are significant issues in providing security for in-vehicle networking. Many security efforts for in-vehicle networks are still insufficient to build a lightweight security mechanism. Typically, it comes from the limitations of Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol common to in-vehicle network. We propose a lightweight authentication method bas...

POSTER: Weighing in eHealth Security A Security and Privacy Study of Smart Scales

eHealth devices such as smart scales and wearable fitness trackers are a key part of many health technology solutions. However, these eHealth devices can be vulnerable to privacy and security related attacks. In this poster, we propose a security analysis framework for eHealth devices, called mH-PriSe, that will yield useful information for security analysts, vendors, health care providers, and...