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Recent research has shown the possibility of using smartphones' sensors and accessories to extract some behavioral attributes such as touch dynamics, keystroke dynamics and gait recognition. These attributes are known as behavioral…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-01-30 Ahmed Mahfouz , Tarek M. Mahmoud , Ahmed Sharaf Eldin

Recent studies have shown how motion-based biometrics can be used as a form of user authentication and identification without requiring any human cooperation. This category of behavioural biometrics deals with the features we learn in our…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Akriti Verma , Valeh Moghaddam , Adnan Anwar

In the past two decades, the number of mobile products being created by companies has grown exponentially. However, although these devices are constantly being upgraded with the newest features, the security measures used to protect these…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Laura Pryor , Rushit Dave , Naeem Seliya , Evelyn R Sowells Boone

Mobile devices have been manufactured and enhanced at growing rates in the past decades. While this growth has significantly evolved the capability of these devices, their security has been falling behind. This contrast in development…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Sara Kokal , Laura Pryor , Rushit Dave

As virtual reality (VR) devices become increasingly integrated into everyday settings, a growing number of users without prior experience will engage with VR systems. Automatically detecting a user's familiarity with VR as an interaction…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Numan Zafar , Priyo Ranjan Kundu Prosun , Shafique Ahmad Chaudhry

In the realm of computer security, the importance of efficient and reliable user authentication methods has become increasingly critical. This paper examines the potential of mouse movement dynamics as a consistent metric for continuous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Rushit Dave , Marcho Handoko , Ali Rashid , Cole Schoenbauer

With the recent explosive growth of interest and investment in virtual reality (VR) and the so-called "metaverse," public attention has rightly shifted toward the unique security and privacy threats that these platforms may pose. While it…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Vivek Nair , Wenbo Guo , Justus Mattern , Rui Wang , James F. O'Brien , Louis Rosenberg , Dawn Song

We introduce a novel approach to user authentication called Motion ID. The method employs motion sensing provided by inertial measurement units (IMUs), using it to verify the persons identity via short time series of IMU data captured by…

Smartphones have ubiquitously integrated into our home and work environments, however, users normally rely on explicit but inefficient identification processes in a controlled environment. Therefore, when a device is stolen, a thief can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Muhammad Ahmad , Ali Kashif Bashir , Adil Mehmood Khan , Manuel Mazzara , Salvatore Distefano , Shahzad Sarfraz

We present SMAUG (Secure Mobile Authentication Using Gestures), a novel biometric assisted authentication algorithm for mobile devices that is solely based on data collected from multiple sensors that are usually installed on modern devices…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-08-17 Christian A. Gorke , Frederik Armknecht

In this paper, we propose four continuous authentication designs by using the characteristics of arm movements while individuals walk. The first design uses acceleration of arms captured by a smartwatch's accelerometer sensor, the second…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Rajesh Kumar , Vir V Phoha , Rahul Raina

An empirical investigation of active/continuous authentication for smartphones is presented in this paper by exploiting users' unique application usage data, i.e., distinct patterns of use, modeled by a Markovian process. Variations of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-13 Upal Mahbub , Jukka Komulainen , Denzil Ferreira , Rama Chellappa

Behavioral biometrics-based continuous authentication is a promising authentication scheme, which uses behavioral biometrics recorded by built-in sensors to authenticate smartphone users throughout the session. However, current continuous…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Mingming Hu , Kun Zhang , Ruibang You , Bibo Tu

Mobile behavioral biometrics have become a popular topic of research, reaching promising results in terms of authentication, exploiting a multimodal combination of touchscreen and background sensor data. However, there is no way of knowing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Giuseppe Stragapede , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Ruben Tolosana , Aythami Morales

Smartphones and tablets have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. Smartphones, in particular, have become more than personal assistants. These devices have provided new avenues for consumers to play, work, and socialize whenever and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Abdulaziz Alzubaidi , Jugal Kalita

Behavioral biometrics are key components in the landscape of research in continuous and active user authentication. However, there is a lack of large datasets with multiple activities, such as typing, gait and swipe performed by the same…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Amith K. Belman , Li Wang , S. S. Iyengar , Pawel Sniatala , Robert Wright , Robert Dora , Jacob Baldwin , Zhanpeng Jin , Vir V. Phoha

As nowadays most web application requests originate from mobile devices, authentication of mobile users is essential in terms of security considerations. To this end, recent approaches rely on machine learning techniques to analyze various…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-28 David Monschein , Oliver P. Waldhorst

Understanding human behavior is an important task and has applications in many domains such as targeted advertisement, health analytics, security, and entertainment, etc. For this purpose, designing a system for activity recognition (AR) is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-10 Sarwan Ali

Task-based behavioral biometric authentication of users interacting in virtual reality (VR) environments enables seamless continuous authentication by using only the motion trajectories of the person's body as a unique signature. Deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Mingjun Li , Natasha Kholgade Banerjee , Sean Banerjee

Online fraud often involves identity theft. Since most security measures are weak or can be spoofed, we investigate a more nuanced and less explored avenue: behavioral biometrics via handwriting movements. This kind of data can be used to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Luis A. Leiva , Moises Diaz , Miguel A. Ferrer , Réjean Plamondon