Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Apparatus and method for protecting data in flash memory based on unauthorized activity on smart device
Disclosed herein are a data protection apparatus and method for a smart device. The data protection apparatus for a smart device includes a detection unit for detecting unauthorized activity in a bootloader of the smart device, based on whether a program for acquiring an administrator privilege has been installed and whether a compressed-command file is present, during a procedure for loading the bootloader, and a data access blocking unit for, when the unauthorized activity is detected, performing an operation of locking the smart device, thus blocking access to data in the smart device.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Jung-Ho Seung-Jei Ki-Bom
Choi Yang Kim