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A smudge attack is an information extraction attack that discerns the password input of a touchscreen device such as a smartphone or tablet computer from fingerprint smudges. A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania were the first to investigate this type of attack in 2010. An attack occurs when an unauthorized user is in possession or is…
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The extracted context around Smudge attack shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Smudge attack → Android Lock Patterns, ATMs, Boosting, Cha, Facebook, Guessing Attack Performance, In, Interpreting, PIN, PINs, Smudge, Smudge Attacks, The, They, Those Another extracted example is Smudge attack → Android, Engadget, For, Offensive Technologies, Once, PC Pro, Pennsylvania, PIN, The, University, USENIX Workshop, Whisper Systems, ZDNet. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 127 structured relationships around Smudge attack. Examples in this analysis include Smudge attack → is a → information extraction attack that discerns the password input of a touchscreen device such as a smartphone or tablet computer from fingerprint smudges and a smartphone or tablet computer from fingerprint smudges → instance of → A smudge attack is an information extraction attack that discerns the password input of a touchscreen device. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smudge attack | is a | information extraction attack that discerns the password input of a touchscreen device such as a smartphone or tablet computer from fingerprint smudges | 0.90 | text |
| a smartphone or tablet computer from fingerprint smudges | instance of | A smudge attack is an information extraction attack that discerns the password input of a touchscreen device | 0.80 | text |
| dirt or outside skin products | instance of | and extrinsic contaminants | 0.80 | text |
| Android Patterns | instance of | Smudge attacks can be performed on various smart device locking methods | 0.80 | text |
| PINs | instance of | Smudge attacks can be performed on various smart device locking methods | 0.80 | text |
| and text-based passwords | instance of | Smudge attacks can be performed on various smart device locking methods | 0.80 | text |
| containing dictionary words | instance of | of them had some sort of structural similarity | 0.80 | text |
| being short.Draw-a-Secret | instance of | of them had some sort of structural similarity | 0.80 | text |
| being short | instance of | of them had some sort of structural similarity | 0.80 | text |
| Android Face Unlock | instance of | CountermeasuresPhysiological biometrics | 0.80 | text |
| iPhone Touch ID | instance of | CountermeasuresPhysiological biometrics | 0.80 | text |
| Face ID | instance of | CountermeasuresPhysiological biometrics | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Smudge attack bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Attacks, Smudge and Android. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Smudge attack, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Smudge attack with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Smudge attack to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Countermeasures & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Smudge attack · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout