Physical Layer Security

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Physical Layer Security

• Lecture 2
• Supakorn Kungpisdan
• supakorn_at_mut.ac.th

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Roadmap

• Defending the Physical Layer
• Attacking the Physical Layer

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Defending the Physical Layer

• The point at which protection should begin
• Security Controls have three primary goals
• Deter security lighting and Beware of Dog sign
• Delay fences, gates, locks, access controls, and
  mantraps
• Detect intrusion detection systems (IDSes) and
  alarms
• Higher layers focus on preventing disclosure,
  denial, or alteration of information
• Physical security focuses on intruders, vandals,
  and thieves

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Physical, Technical, and Administrative Controls
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Design Security

• Design security should begin during the design
  phase, not at the time of deployment
• Physical security of assets and employees should
  be considered when designing a new facility
  well-designed facilities are comfortable and
  secure

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Key Issues of Design Security

• Location
• Construction
• Accessibility and Transportation
• Climatology
• Utilities
• Access Control

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Perimeter Security

• What to examine
• Natural boundaries at the location
• Fences or walls around the site
• The design of the outer walls of a building
• Divisions and choke points within a building

• A series of mechanisms includes
• Fences
• Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment
  Systems (PIDAS)
• Security lighting
• Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
• Security guards and guard dogs
• Warning signs and notices

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Fencing

• A fence with proper design and height can delay
  an intruder and work as a psychological barrier
• A risk analysis should be performed to evaluate
  types of physical assets to be protected
• 4-foot fence will deter a casual trespasser
• 8-foot fence will keep a determined intruder out
• Need to consider gauge and mesh size of the wire
• The smaller the mesh, the more difficult it is to
  climb
• The heavier the gauge, the more difficult it is
  to cut

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Gauge and Mesh
16G with 50mm vs 25 mm mesh
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Fencing (cont.)
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PIDAS

• Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment
  Systems
• PIDAS has sensors that detect intruders and feel
  vibrations along the fence
• The system may produce false positives due to
  stray deer, high winds, or other natural events

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Gates, Guards, and Ground Design

• UL Standard 325 details requirements for gates
  with 4 classifications
• Residential Class 1
• Commercial Class 2
• Industrial Class 3
• Restricted Access Class 4
• Bollards are made of concrete or steel and used
  to block vehicle traffic or to protect areas
  where pedestrians are entering or leaving
  buildings
• Security guards need to have job references and
  be subjected to a background check
• Web site operation and private investigators

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Bollards
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Gates, Guards, and Ground Design (cont.)

• Dogs are loyal but can be unpredictable.
• Dogs are restricted to exterior control and
  should be used with caution
• Lighting can discourage criminals
• Most standards list two candlefoot power as the
  norm for facilities using nighttime security.
• Too much light causes over-lighting and glare. It
  may bleed over adjacent property
• With CCTV, activities can be monitored live by a
  security officer or recorded and reviewed later
• British government has installed over 1.5 million
  CCTV cameras
• Warning signs or notices should be posted to
  deter trespassing

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Facility Security

• Anyone with physical access has the means and
  the opportunity to commit a crime
• Least Privilege providing only the minimum
  amount of access that is required, and restricted
  non-authorized individuals from entering
  sensitive areas
• Can achieve by examining windows, doors, locks,
  walls, access control, intrusion detection

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Entry Points

• Doors, windows, roof access, fire escapes,
  delivery access, and chimneys

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Entry Points Doors

• Door functions determine its construction,
  appearance, and operation
• A door designed for security purpose is very
  solid and durable, with hardened hardware
• Interior doors are made of hollow-core wood
  exterior doors are made of solid-core wood
• Need to perform risk assessment on interior
  applications

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Entry Points Doors (cont.)

• Doors have fire rating with various
  configurations
• Personal doors
• Industrial doors
• Vehicle access doors
• Bulletproof doors
• Vault doors
• Must examine hardware used to install a door
• Mantrap is designed so that when the outer door
  opens, the inner door locks

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Doors (cont.)
Vault door
Bullet-proof door
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Doors (cont.)
Vehicle access door
Industrial door
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Mantrap
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Entry Points Doors (cont.)

• Automatic door locks fail-safe or fail-secure
• Fail-safe (unlocked) state allows employees to
  exit, but also allows other unauthenticated
  access
• Fail-secure (locked) configuration is when the
  doors default to being locked, thereby keeping
  unauthorized individuals out while also
  preventing access

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Entry Points Windows

• Alarms or sensors may be installed on windows
• Window types include
• Standard lowest security, least expensive,
  easily shattered (??????????)
• Polycarbonate Acrylic more stronger than
  standard glass
• Wire Reinforced adds shatterproof protection
• Laminated similar to those used in automobiles,
  strengthen the glass
• Solar Film provide moderate level of security
  and decrease potential for shattering
• Security Film highest security

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Windows (cont.)
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Entry Points Walls

• A reinforced wall can keep a determined attacker
  from entering an area
• Walls should be designed with firewalls, and
  emergency lighting should be in place

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Access Control

• Access control is any mechanism by which an
  individual is granted or denied access
• Many types include
• Mechanical locks
• Identity card technology

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Access Control Locks

• Warded locks and tumbler locks
• Warded locks work by matching wards to keys, are
  cheapest mechanical lock and easiest to pick
• Tumbler locks contain more parts and are harder
  to pick
• Another type of tumbler lock is the tubular lock,
  which is used for computers, vending machines,
  and other high-security devices

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Warded Locks
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Access Control Locks (cont.)
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Tumbler Locks (cont.)
Tabular lock
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Access Control Locks (cont.)

• Three basic grades of locks include
• Grade 3 The weakest commercial lock (designed
  for 200,000 cycles)
• Grade 2 Light duty commercial locks or heavy
  duty residential locks (designed for 400,000
  cycles)
• Grade 1 Commercial locks of the highest security
  (designed for 800,000 cycles)

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Access Control Physical Controls

• Network cabling
• Select the right type of cable
• Should be routed through the facility so that it
  cannot be tampered with
• Unused network drop should be disabled all cable
  access points should be secured

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Access Control Physical Controls (cont.)

• Controlling individuals
• ID cards with photograph of an individual
• Intelligent access control devices contact and
  contactless
• Contact access cards come with different
  configurations including
• Active Electronic can transmit electronic data
• Electronic Circuit has a circuit embedded
• Magnetic Strips has a magnetic stripe
• Optical-coded contains laser-burned pattern of
  encoded dots

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Optical Card
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Access Control Physical Controls (cont.)

• Contactless cards function by proximity e.g. RFID
  (Radio Frequency ID)
• Passive powered by RFID reader
• Semi-passive has battery only to power microchip
• Active battery-powered
• Multi-factor authentication is recommended
• Physical Intrusion Detection
• Motion Detectors audio, infrared, wave pattern,
  or capacitance
• Photoelectric sensors
• Pressure-sensitive devices
• Glass breakage sensors
• Keep in mind that IDSes are not perfect

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Intrusion Detection (cont.)
Photoelectric sensor
Motion detection sensor (photoelectric infrared)
Glass break sensor
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Device Security

• Device security addresses controls implemented to
  secure devices found in an organization
• Computers, networking devices, portable devices,
  cameras, iPods, and thumb drives

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Device Security Identification and Authentication

• Identification the process of identifying
  yourself
• Authentication the process of proving your
  identity
• Three categories of authentication
• Something You Know
• Something You Have
• Something You Are

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Device Security Sth You Know

• Passwords are most commonly used authentication
  schemes
• Gartner study in 2000 found that
• 90 of respondents use dictionary words or names
• 47 use their name, spouses name, or a pets
  name
• 9 used cryptographically strong passwords

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Device Security Sth You Know (cont.)

• A good password policy
• Passwords should not use personal information
• Passwords should be 8 or more characters
• Passwords should be changed regularly
• Passwords should never be comprised of common
  words or names
• Passwords should be complex, use upper- and
  lower-case letters, and miscellaneous characters
  (e.g. !, _at_, , , , , )
• Limit logon attempts to three successive attempts

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Device Security Sth You Have

• Tokens, smart cards, and magnetic cards
• Two basic groups of tokens
• Synchronous token synchronized to authentication
  server
• Asynchronous challenge-response token

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Device Security Sth You Are

• Basic operations
• User enrolls in the system
• User requests to be authenticated
• A decision is reached allowed or denied
• Accuracy of biometrics
• Type 1 Error (False Rejection Rate FRR)
• Type 2 Error (False Acceptance Rate FAR)
• The point at which FRR and FAR meet is known as
  Crossover Error Rate (CER)
• The Lower CER, the more accurate the system

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Crossover Error Rate (CER)
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Biometric

• Finger Scan
• Hand Geometry
• Palm Scan
• Retina Pattern
• Iris Recognition
• Voice Recognition
• Keyboard Dynamics

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Computer Controls

• Session controls
• System timeouts
• Screensaver lockouts
• Warning banners

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Device Security Mobile Devices and Media

• Samsung Corporation banned employees from using
  Samsungs cell phones with 8GB of storage
• Sensitive media must be controlled, handled, and
  destroyed in an approved manner
• Papers can be shredded strip-cut and cross-cut
  shredders
• CD can be destroyed
• Magnetic media can be degaussed
• Harddrive can be wiped

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Information Classification Systems

• Government Information Classification System
• Focuses on secrecy
• Commercial Information Classification System
• Focuses on Integrity

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Information Classification Systems (cont.)
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Information Classification Systems (cont.)
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Communications Security

• Communications Security examines electronic
  devices and electromagnetic radiation (EMR) they
  produce
• Original controls for these vulnerabilities were
  named TEMPEST, now changed to Emissions Security
  (Emsec)
• Newer technologies that have replaced shielding
  are white noise and control zones
• PBX must be secure
• Fax can be intercepted
• Fax ribbons can be virtual carbon copy of
  original document
• Solved by using fax server and fax encryption

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Comm Security Bluetooth

• To keep bluetooth secure, make sure
  bluetooth-enable devices are set to
  non-discoverable mode.
• Use secure application to limit amount of
  cleartext transmission
• It no bluetooth functionality is needed, turn if
  off
• It can be configured to access shared directories
  without authentication, which open it up for
  viruses, trojans, and information theft
• In 2005, AirDefense released BlueWatch, the first
  commercial security tool designed to monitor
  bluetooth devices and identify insecure devices
• www.airdefense.net/products/bluewatch/index.php

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BlueWatch

• AirDefense BlueWatch can provide information such
  as
• Identify different types of Bluetooth devices,
  including laptops, PDAs, keyboards and cell
  phones
• Provide key attributes, including device class,
  manufacturer and signal strength
• Illustrate communication or connectivity among
  various devices
• Identify services available on each device,
  including network access, fax and audio gateway

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802.11 Wireless Protocols

• Retire WEP devices
• Change default SSID
• MAC filtering
• Turn off DHCP
• Limit access of wireless users
• Use port authentication (802.1x)
• Perform periodic site surveys and scan for rogue
  devices e.g. using Kismet
• Update policies to stipulate requirements for
  wireless users
• Use encryption
• Implement a second layer of authentication e.g.
  RADIUS

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Roadmap

• Defending the Physical Layer
• Attacking the Physical Layer

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Attacking Physical Layer

• Several techniques to attack physical security
• Stealing data
• Lock picking
• Wiretapping
• Hardware modification

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Stealing Data

• Abe Usher wrote a program called pod slurp to
  steal data from PC
• Purpose of Slurp
• To create a proof-of-concept application that
  searches for office documents that can be copied
  from a Windows computer to an iPod (or other
  removable storage device).
• The point of this exercise is to demonstrate
  (quantitatively) how quickly data theft can occur
  with removable storage devices.
• Method
• Searches for the "CDocuments and Settings"
  directory on a Windows computer. It then recurses
  through all of the subdirectories, discovering
  all of the documents (.doc, .xls, .htm, .url,
  .pdf, etc.) on the computer that it is running
  from.

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How to Use Slurp

• Step 0
• Stop the iPod Service in Windows (if iPod
  software is installed and running).
• Step 1
• Unzip slurp.zip
• Step 2
• Copy the entire "slurp-audit" directory to your
  removable storage device (iPod, external hard
  drive, etc.)
• Step 3
• Run the application file "slurp-audit.exe" and
  watch it find all of the business files. After
  it is complete, check the report.html file to
  find out what files could have been copied to an
  iPod or USB thumbdrive.
• For more information, check http//www.sharp-idea
  s.net

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Slurp
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Slurp Report
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Lock Picks

• Basic components used to pick locks
• Tension Wrenches small, angled flathead
  screwdrivers that come in various thicknesses and
  sizes
• Picks small, angled, and pointed, similar to a
  dentist pick

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Scrubbing
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Lock Shim
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Lock Shim (cont.)
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Lock Shim (cont.)
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Scanning and Sniffing

• Phreakers are interested in making free
  long-distance calls
• Free loaders intercept free HBO. Prevented by
  implementing videocipher encryption
• Cordless phone were attacked by tuning the same
  frequencies other people to listen to active
  conversation
• Solved by switching to spread spectrum
  technologies
• 1st Gen mobile phones have been hacked by
  Tumbling
• Modify Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and mobile
  identification number (MIN) after each call
• Also vulnerable to cloning attack
• Intercept ESN and MIN from listening to active
  calls

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Scanning and Sniffing (cont.)

• Attacks on 2nd Gen Mobile phones
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)
  catcher
• Tell mobile phone that it is a base station
• Cellphone jammer
• Transmit signals with same freq as cell phones
  preventing all communication within given area
• Cellphone detector
• Detect when a cell phone is powered on

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Scanning and Sniffing (cont.)

• Bluejacking allows an individual to send
  unsolicited messages over BT to other BT devices
• Bluesnarfing is the theft of data, calendar
  information and phonebook entries

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Tools to Attack Bluetooth

• RedFang small proof-of-concept application used
  to find non-discoverable devices
• Bluesniff a proof-of-concept tool for BT
  wardriving
• Btscanner a BT scanning with the ability to do
  inquiry and brute force scans, identify BT
  devices in range
• BlueBug exploits a BT security hole on some
  BT-enabled phones. Allows unauthorized
  downloading of phonebooks and call lists, sending
  and reading SMSs
• Find those tools at
• http//www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.h
  tml

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Attacking WLANs

• Eavesdropping
• Open Authentication
• Rogue Access Point
• DoS

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Hardware Hacking

• Hardware hacking is about using physical access
  to bypass control or modify the device in some
  manner
• Sometimes it is called moding
• Bypass BIOS password
• Router password recovery
• Prevented by issuing no service password-recovery
  command
• Bypass Windows authentication

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Example Modifying Bluetooth Hardware

• Objective
• To extend BT range

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Example Modifying Bluetooth Hardware
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Example Modifying Bluetooth Hardware
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Example Modifying Bluetooth Hardware
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To Read

• Hack-The-Stack Page 70-84

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Question?

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• Data Link Layer Security