Abstract: A method and an apparatus for device security verification utilizing a virtual trusted computing base are provided. The validity of a key for decryption is verified by a secure memory loader running on a processor of a device after booting of the device which is a computing device, and if the key is valid, encrypted firmware stored in a memory of the device is decrypted using the key to verify the confidentiality of the firmware. Then, the security memory loader verifies the authentication and integrity of the firmware by comparing a signature value generated for the decrypted firmware with an existing signature value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting a malicious device based on swarm intelligence. The method includes detecting a malicious device by causing at least one exploration ant to access a device swarm along movement routes in which pheromone trail values are taken into consideration, wherein the exploration ant is generated in response to a detection request received from a security management server, when the at least one exploration ant detects a suspicious device that is suspected to be a malicious device, causing the exploration ant to return along the movement routes in reverse order, and returning pheromone trail values generated by devices on the return movement routes to a malicious device detection apparatus, and identifying whether the suspicious device is the malicious device by calculating an optimal solution based on a local information set generated by aggregating the pheromone trail values returned for movement routes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing meter data. The apparatus for managing meter data includes a metering unit for acquiring meter data from a target device based on time information; a communication unit for receiving a message including the time information from a server device and transmitting the meter data to the server device; and a security unit for creating a private key using the time information and encrypting the meter data using the private key.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for security control that is capable of preventing a security threat from spreading on the basis of a security control policy established for each device (or a device group) in a network infrastructure environment, such as IoT. In a network infrastructure including a service server, a gateway, and a device, the apparatus and method for security control, in response to detecting a security threat, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, malicious code propagation, or the like, perform a security control and a security control release on a device in which the security threat has occurred and/or a device group having an identical or similar property to the device to prevent the security threat from spreading and block the security threat in an early stage.

Abstract: A method for security of an Internet of things (IoT) device includes transmitting, by a server, a key value determined based on a reliability level of a user device and a key identification (ID) of the key value to the user device, encrypting, by the user device, a command representing a service requested by a user by using the key value and transmitting the encrypted command and the key ID to the IoT device, and extracting, by the IoT device, the key value corresponding to the key ID received from the user device from pre-stored key list information, decrypting the encrypted command by using the extracted key value, executing the decrypted command to generate information requested by the user, encrypting the generated information by using the extracted key value, and transmitting the encrypted information to the user device.

Abstract: A communication method and an IoT device in a multi-MAC (Media Access Control)-operating environment. The communication method in the multi-MAC-operating environment, including synchronous MAC and asynchronous MAC, includes periodically transmitting, by the IoT device included in the multi-MAC-operating environment, a first message to a first device; determining, by the IoT device, whether to transmit a second message; transmitting, by the IoT device, a preamble packet to a second device, to which the second message is to be transmitted, when the second message is determined to be transmitted; and transmitting, by the IoT device, the second message to the second device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a fixed-location Internet-of-Things (IoT) device for protecting secure storage access information and a method for protecting secure storage access information of the fixed-location IoT device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for supporting authentication between devices, which includes a certificate information storage unit for storing certificate data of a first terminal for managing a certificate; a communication unit for receiving a request for a certificate of the first terminal, which uses a signature value and certificate-related information corresponding to the first terminal, from a second terminal and returning information corresponding to a valid certificate of the first terminal to the second terminal in order to enable the second terminal to authenticate the first terminal; and a certificate verification unit for verifying whether a certificate of the first terminal is valid.

Abstract: A split resonator and a printed circuit board (PCB) including the same are disclosed. The split resonator is mounted to one side of the PCB to improve the electromagnetic shielding effect, and absorbs a radiation field emitted to the outer wall of the PCB. The PCB includes: a substrate on which one or more electronic components are populated; a dielectric substrate mounted to one side of the substrate; one pair of conductors provided in the dielectric substrate, spaced apart from the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate by a predetermined distance, and arranged to face each other; and a connection portion configured to interconnect the one pair of conductors, and arranged in parallel to the thickness direction of the substrate.

Abstract: A system for performing an integrity verification based on a distributed delegator and verifying an integrity of a plurality of individual devices based on a network includes: a first individual device which is an integrity verification target of the plurality of individual devices; a second individual device configured to vicariously verify the verification target device of the plurality of individual devices; and a remote device management server configured to select the second individual device of the plurality of individual devices as a verification delegator, and to receive a result of integrity verification of the first individual device by the second individual device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for device security verification utilizing a virtual trusted computing base are provided. The validity of a key for decryption is verified by a secure memory loader running on a processor of a device after booting of the device which is a computing device, and if the key is valid, encrypted firmware stored in a memory of the device is decrypted using the key to verify the confidentiality of the firmware. Then, the security memory loader verifies the authentication and integrity of the firmware by comparing a signature value generated for the decrypted firmware with an existing signature value.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing meter data. The apparatus for managing meter data includes a metering unit for acquiring meter data from a target device based on time information; a communication unit for receiving a message including the time information from a server device and transmitting the meter data to the server device; and a security unit for creating a private key using the time information and encrypting the meter data using the private key.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing device data in an IoT environment. An apparatus for providing a data storage function includes an authentication unit for performing device authentication with a data storage-requesting device and performing data storage authentication with the data storage-requesting device, a data storage unit for storing encryption key basis information, used to generate an encryption key for data encryption, and encrypted data, a request message processing unit for processing a processing request message for the encrypted data received from the data storage-requesting device using the data storage unit, and a communication unit for receiving the processing request message from the data storage-requesting device and transmitting results of processing to the data storage-requesting device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a shielding wire formed across a semiconductor die and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire, thereby reducing the size of a package while shielding the electromagnetic interference generated from the semiconductor die. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one circuit device mounted thereon, a semiconductor die spaced apart from the circuit device and mounted on the substrate, a shielding wire spaced apart from the semiconductor die and formed across the semiconductor die, and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire under the shielding wire and formed to be perpendicular to the shielding wire. In another embodiment, a bump structure is used to support the shielding wire. In a further embodiment, an auxiliary wire includes a bump structure portion and wire portion and both the bump structure portion and the wire portion are used to support the shielding wire.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for providing firmware update, which includes a state information analysis unit for analyzing device state information received from a firmware update target device and thereby acquiring information about a version of existing firmware and information about a storage unit of the firmware update target device; an image creation unit for creating a delta image in units of pages based on a flash memory page size included in the information about the storage unit and on a difference between the existing firmware and new firmware; an update information creation unit for creating update information in which an update method is specified; and a communication unit for transmitting the update information and the delta image to the firmware update target device in order to update the existing firmware of the firmware update target device based on the update method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting a malicious device based on swarm intelligence. The method includes detecting a malicious device by causing at least one exploration ant to access a device swarm along movement routes in which pheromone trail values are taken into consideration, wherein the exploration ant is generated in response to a detection request received from a security management server, when the at least one exploration ant detects a suspicious device that is suspected to be a malicious device, causing the exploration ant to return along the movement routes in reverse order, and returning pheromone trail values generated by devices on the return movement routes to a malicious device detection apparatus, and identifying whether the suspicious device is the malicious device by calculating an optimal solution based on a local information set generated by aggregating the pheromone trail values returned for movement routes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a shielding wire formed across a semiconductor die and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire, thereby reducing the size of a package while shielding the electromagnetic interference generated from the semiconductor die. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one circuit device mounted thereon, a semiconductor die spaced apart from the circuit device and mounted on the substrate, a shielding wire spaced apart from the semiconductor die and formed across the semiconductor die, and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire under the shielding wire and formed to be perpendicular to the shielding wire. In another embodiment, a bump structure is used to support the shielding wire. In a further embodiment, an auxiliary wire includes a bump structure portion and wire portion and both the bump structure portion and the wire portion are used to support the shielding wire.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a fixed-location Internet-of-Things (IoT) device for protecting secure storage access information and a method for protecting secure storage access information of the fixed-location IoT device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a shielding member. The electronic device includes a substrate having an electric element mounted thereon; a shield can mounted on the electric element and including an opening formed at a part facing the electric element; a shielding member mounted around a part in which the opening is formed on an outer surface of the shield can, and electrically connected to the shield can; a metal plate mounted on the shielding member, with the opening covered, and electrically connected to the shielding member; and a heat conductive member mounted in the opening and interposed between the electric element and the metal plate, and in contact with the electric element and the metal plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling a governor based on a heterogeneous multicore system. The apparatus includes a heterogeneous core cluster unit for running any one of a first core cluster for high-performance operation and a second core cluster for low-power operation by switching therebetween; a governor-setting unit for generating operation setting information of a governor for controlling operation of the first core cluster and second core cluster; and a governor control unit for controlling operation of one or more governors based on the operation setting information.