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Video Sequence Segmentation Based on K-Means in Air-Gap Data Transmission for a Cluttered Environment

Sensors, ISSN: 1424-8220, Vol: 23, Issue: 2
2023
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Data on Data Transmission Detailed by Researchers at West Pomeranian University of Technology (Video Sequence Segmentation Based on K-Means in Air-Gap Data Transmission for a Cluttered Environment)

2023 FEB 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Daily -- Data detailed on data transmission have been presented. According

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An air gap is a technique that increases the security of information systems. The use of unconventional communication channels allows for obtaining communication that is of interest to the attacker as well as to cybersecurity engineers. One of the very dangerous forms of attack is the use of computer screen brightness modulation, which is not visible to the user but can be observed from a distance by the attacker. Once infected, the computer can transmit data over long distances. Even in the absence of direct screen visibility, transmission can be realized by analyzing the modulated reflection of the monitor’s afterglow. The paper presents a new method for the automatic segmentation of video sequences to retrieve the transmitted data that does not have the drawbacks of the heretofore known method of growth (filling) based on an analysis of adjacent pixels. A fast camera operating at 380 fps was used for image acquisition. The method uses the characteristics of the amplitude spectrum for individual pixels, which is specific to the light sources in the room, and clustering with the k-means algorithm to group pixels into larger areas. Then, using the averaging of values for individual areas, it is possible to recover the 2-PAM (pulse-amplitude modulation) signal even at a 1000 times greater level of interference in the area to the transmitted signal, as shown in the experiments. The method does not require high-quality lenses.

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Mazurek, Przemyslaw; Bak, Dawid

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Chemistry; Computer Science; Physics and Astronomy; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Engineering

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