1. The Battle Against Phishing: Dynamic Security Skins Rachna Dhamija and J.D. Tygar U.C. Berkeley

2. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 5. Barn door property

3. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 5. Barn door property

4. Limited Human Skills Property Limited password recall Hard to parse domain names

5. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 1.Security is often the secondary goal 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 5. Barn door property

6. Users Don’t Check Certificates

7. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 5. Barn door property

8. Firefox Browser: 4 SSL indicators

9. Firefox browser - No unsecure indicators

10. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 1.Train users not to automatically trust a logo or brand 5. Barn door property

11. The golden arches property

12. Security Properties for Usability 1. Limited human skills property 2. Unmotivated users property 3. General purpose graphics property 4. Golden arches property 5. Barn door property

13. Strong Password Protocols Stanford Web PwdHash Password Authenticated Key Agreement –EKE, SPEKE, SNAPI, AuthA, PAK, SRP, etc… H(password, siteID)Password Protocol Password

14. Password Authenticated Key Agreement Advantages: –preserve familiar use of passwords user doesn’t need a trusted device secret stored in memory of the user –server doesn’t store password –no passwords sent over the network –user authentication (& mutual authentication) But how to enter the password?

15. Our Solution: Usability Goals User must be able to verify password prompt, before entering password Rely on human skills –To login, recognize 1 image & recall 1 password –To verify server, compare 2 images Hard to spoof security indicators

16. Trusted Password Window Dedicated window Trusted path  customization Random photo assigned or chosen Image stored in browser, do not have to go through server Image overlaid across window User recognizes image first –then enters password Password not sent to server

17. Security Indicators How can user distinguish secure windows? –Static indicators (SSL) Can be spoofed User do not really examine it –User customized indicators (Passmark/Petnames) Require extra efforts from the user –Automated customized indicators

18. Our Solution: Dynamic Security Skins  Automatically customize secure windows  Visual hashes – Random Art - visual hash algorithm – Generate unique abstract image for each authentication – Use the image to “skin” windows or web content – Browser generated or server generated

19. Browser Generated Images  Browser chooses random number and generates image  Can be used to modify border or web elements

20. Server Generated Images  Server & browser independently generate same image  Server can customize its own page

21. Conclusions Benefits: –Achieves mutual authentication –Resistant to phishing and spoofing –Relies on human skills Weaknesses: –Users must check images easier than checking a cert –Local storage of personal image reduces portability, requires security –Doesn’t address spyware, keyloggers

22. Status and Future Work Iterative design & “lo-fi” testing of interface Formal user study DSS Mozilla extension

24. Customized Indicators: Petname Toolbar

25. Automated Indicators: Secure Random Dynamic Boundaries