摘要:
A user terminal for detecting forgery of an application program based on a hash value and a method of detecting forgery of an application program using the user terminal are disclosed. The user terminal includes a communication circuit, a hash value generation circuit and a forgery determination circuit. When the application program is executed, the communication circuit transmits information of the user terminal and the application program to an authentication server on a platform level to receive an original hash value of the application program from the authentication server, or to receive the original hash value from a peripheral device paired with the user terminal. The hash value generation circuit generates the hash value of the application program on the platform level. The forgery determination circuit compares the original hash value received from the authentication server or the peripheral device with the generated hash value on the platform level to determine whether the application program is tampered. Accordingly, the user terminal may be protected from a tampered application program. In addition, since forgery of the application program is detected on the platform level, it may overcome limitations of tamper detection technologies on an application program level that can be evaded by an attacker.