Name
Abstract | ||
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The ability of the light-emitting diodes (LED) on a keyboard to send data at a rate that is far greater than the human eye can perceive has been fully studied. However, an IP camera can only fetch high-resolution images at a low frame rate. It is unable to act as a sink of the optical covert channel directly. In our paper, a novel form of modulation is proposed to modulate the LEDs on a keyboard. The modulated signal can be received by a nearby IP camera. To verify its validity, we implement a prototype of exfiltration malware. Our experiment shows a significant improvement in the imperceptibility of covert communication. Against the background of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is possible to leak data covertly to IP cameras across air-gapped networks via LED keyboard status indicators. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2019 | 10.1109/jiot.2018.2842116 | IEEE Internet of Things Journal |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Computer science,Internet of Things,Covert channel,Computer network,Modulation,Frame rate,Computer hardware,Malware,IP camera,Covert communication | Journal | 2 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.36 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zheng Zhou | 1 | 3 | 0.72 |
| Weiming Zhang | 2 | 6 | 3.81 |
| Zichong Yang | 3 | 2 | 0.36 |
| Nenghai Yu | 4 | 2238 | 183.33 |