Visible to the public Modeling Threat of Leaking Private Keys from Air-Gapped Blockchain Wallets

TitleModeling Threat of Leaking Private Keys from Air-Gapped Blockchain Wallets
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsDavenport, Amanda, Shetty, Sachin
Conference Name2019 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)
Date PublishedOct. 2019
PublisherIEEE
ISBN Number978-1-7281-0846-9
KeywordsAir Gapped Storage, Air Gapped Wallet, Air gaps, air-gapped blockchain wallets, Atmospheric modeling, attack surface, Channel Exfiltration, composability, cryptocurrencies, Distributed databases, Electromagnetics, Human Behavior, human factors, key extraction, Malware, Markov based mathematical model, Markov model, Markov processes, Mathematical model, Media, Metrics, outline justification, permissioned blockchain, private key cryptography, private key leakage, Private Key Storage, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, threat surface
Abstract

In this paper we consider the threat surface and security of air gapped wallet schemes for permissioned blockchains as preparation for a Markov based mathematical model, and quantify the risk associated with private key leakage. We identify existing threats to the wallet scheme and existing work done to both attack and secure the scheme. We provide an overview the proposed model and outline justification for our methods. We follow with next steps in our remaining work and the overarching goals and motivation for our methods.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9071725
DOI10.1109/ISC246665.2019.9071725
Citation Keydavenport_modeling_2019