Secure Environment for Internet Browsing

Authors

  • Alexandru Tudor Gavrilescu The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Keywords:

phishing, virtual keyboard, web browser, cryptography, SQL injection, key logger, cookies

Abstract

The Internet is used by a large proportion of the population, but unfortunately their education regarding the usage of the instruments available is poor, resulting in potential informational frauds, especially in the financial field.

In this article I have approached a few simple problems, yet very important and frequently occurred, regarding the secure environment for Internet browsing, proposing solutions for each of them. The security methods are: anti-phishing; the prevention of SQL injection, through the verification of the data given as input in the Address Bar and in the password fields and blocking the access in case of a potential threat; a virtual keyboard for preventing the recording of the keys pressed (key loggers); the backup of the credentials in a local file and the encryption of it to prevent unauthorized access, the decryption of the data is made using a unique encryption key, owned by the user.

Author Biography

Alexandru Tudor Gavrilescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

IT&C Security Master Program

Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics

References

Bose and A. C. M. Leung, "Unveiling the mask of phishing: Threats, preventive measures, and responsibilities," communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 19, pp. 544-566, 2007.

L. Wenyin, G. Huang, L. Xiaoyue, Z. Min, and X. Deng, “Detection of phishing webpages based on visual similarity.”

Cezar A, “Securitatea in mediul internet”, Ed. Tehnica 2008

Constantin Popescu, “Introducere in criptografie” Universitatea Tehnica Oradea, 2009

Mircea F, “Tehnologii de securitatea alternative pentru aplicaţii în reţea” Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj Napoca, 2009

Web-Browser - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser (accessed on 10.05.2013)

Usage share of web browsers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers (accessed on 10.05.2013)

http://www.securitatea-informatiilor.ro (accessed on 12.05.2013)

http://www.criminalitatea-informatica.ro (accessed on 13.05.2013)

http://press.pandasecurity.com (accessed on 13.05.2013)

Cookie - http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie (accessed on 13.05.2013)

http://stst.elia.pub.ro/news/RCI.../ZamfirNarcis/CIFR.doc (accessed on 14.05.2013)

Implementing a Web Browser with Phishing

Detection Techniques: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1110/1110.0360.pdf (accessed on 14.05.2013)

Anti-Phishing Techniques: http://www.ijera.com/papers/Vol2_issue2/BG22350355.pdf (accessed on 14.05.2013)

Downloads

Published

2014-03-30

How to Cite

Gavrilescu, A. T. (2014). Secure Environment for Internet Browsing. Journal of Mobile, Embedded and Distributed Systems, 6(1), 38-43. Retrieved from http://jmeds.eu/index.php/jmeds/article/view/Secure_Environment_for_Internet_Browsing

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): Mobile, Web and Security

Section

Articles

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:


    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

    1. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

    1. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

    1. The author(s) is responsible for the correctness and legality of the paper content.

    1. Papers that are copyrighted or published will not be taken into consideration for publication in JMEDS It is the author(s) responsibility to ensure that the paper does not cause any copyright infringements and other problems.

    1. It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain all necessary copyright release permissions for the use of any copyrighted materials in the paper prior to the submission.

  1. The Author(s) retains the right to reuse any portion of the paper, in future works, including books, lectures and presentations in all media, with the condition that the publication by JMEDS is properly credited and referenced.
Creative Commons License
JMEDS articles by Journal of Mobile, Embedded and Distributed Systems (JMEDS) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://jmeds.eu.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://jmeds.eu/index.php/jmeds/about/submissions#copyrightNotice.