To provide increased security against differential power analysis attacks, a data processing device is provided with a current converter that draws current from an external supply and cyclically apportions drawn current between a charge storage device and a processor such that the drawn current varies independently of the instantaneous power demand of the processor. The data processing device includes: a processor; a charge storage device coupled to the processor; and a current source for supply...

In a television receiver having a decryption unit and a video display unit which are stored in one casing, copyright protection is given to an encrypted digital video signal or analog video signal.When an encrypted digital video signal is inputted to a digital video signal input terminal, the signal is decrypted by a decoding circuit to obtain an after-decryption video signal that is copiable, and thereafter, the signal is visualized by a video display unit. When a casing cover is opened, a deco...

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that protects data from unauthorized modification in a table, wherein the table contains one or more rows, and wherein each row contains one or more columns. During operation, the system chooses in a row one or more columns to be protected. The system then produces an encrypted value for the row based on the data stored in the chosen columns. Next, the system stores the encrypted value in a column which cannot be easily modified. In this ...

The invention relates to a system for securing access to resources or computer systems by means of a self modifying, single use password that limits access to a system and automatically changes each time it is used. Independent computer systems, or clients, are utilized by users to generate one time passcodes to prove their identity to one or more authentication servers. Servers are used to authenticate user inputted one time passcodes, to maintain and update the status of one time passcode clie...

The present invention provides a rights management terminal that can securely send and receive usage information while preventing spoofing and protecting user's privacy. The rights management terminal manages a copyright of a content using a license that includes a usage rule of the content, and includes: a first public key certificate management unit which manages, as a set, a first public key certificate that includes identification information for uniquely identifying at least one of the righ...

A portable telephone is configured to include a storage section which includes a protected area and a user area, an encryption processing section which encrypts arbitrary data to generate encrypted data, a separation processing section which divides the encrypted data at an arbitrary position, stores first divided data which is a piece of the divided data and division position information indicating the division position in the protected area, and stores second divided data which is the remainin...

System and methods for password protecting an attribute of content transmitted over a network. Content such as a text file, an audio file, a video file, and the like, sent over a network is protected by a password. A sender setting up the protection may determine which attribute of the content is to be protected by the password. Attributes that may be protected include time to access, number of accesses, permission to forward, permission to store, and the like. In a time to view example, the rec...

A network traffic manager detects an attempt by a computer to communicate with a remote site over a computer network. The network traffic manager queries a database containing descriptions of known legitimate sites for an entry describing the remote site, and determines whether the remote site is to be treated as suspicious or legitimate. If there is no entry describing the site in the database, the network traffic manager treats the site as suspicious. If there is an entry describing the remote...

A file system protection mechanism for an operating system image for a portable computing device is provided to assist in ensuring a good user experience. A signed catalog file is embedded in a resource-sparing operating system (OS), such as a Windows CE image, for security enhancement and load verification purposes. The invention performs various checks on the image and the signature of the image to ensure that image has not been maliciously modified and that it complies with a release standard...

A method for reducing vulnerability of a computer network to a detected virus threat includes receiving an identifier of a network device detected as a source of virus activity. The method also includes relating the identifier to a predetermined account of the detected device and then automatically disabling the device account. Accordingly, the detected device is isolated from the network to prevent infection of the network by the detected device.