A Survey on Intelligent MAC Layer Jamming Attacks and Countermeasures in WSNs

Hamza, Taieb; Kaddoum, Georges; Meddeb, Aref; Matar, Georges

doi:10.1109/vtcfall.2016.7880885

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“…Constrained IoT networks such as LPWAN are susceptible to various other attacks as discussed by authors in [41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. Figure 4 shows the possible attacks on IoT and LPWAN networks with constrained node environment and studies conducted by various researchers.…”

Section: Security Vulnerabilities In Lpwanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security in Low Powered Wide Area Networks: Opportunities for Software Defined Network-Supported Solutions

2020

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The Internet of things (IoT) has revolutionized the use of connectivity and has given birth to new transmission technologies to satisfy the requirements of diverse IoT applications. Low powered wide area networks (LPWAN) is one of those transmission technologies, and is becoming exceptionally useful for IoT applications. The nodes use energy-efficient mechanisms for long-range data transmission (10–20 km), lasting in hostile environments for years and making them suitable for IoT applications such as environmental monitoring, automated billing systems, smart homes, smart offices, and patient monitoring. However, LPWAN devices have minimal resources, which makes it challenging to provide promising security to devices and data in the network. In this paper, we discuss the security mechanisms used in current LPWAN technologies along with their vulnerabilities and possible attacks on them. A detailed literature review is conducted on existing solutions on the security of constrained IoT networks similar to LPWAN using different networking frameworks. The reviewed literature is then compared based on various network security measures addressed by them. In addition, the emergence of software defined network (SDN) architecture for security in IoT is explained based on literature. Finally, the applicability of SDN in LPWAN security, its opportunities, and challenges in implementation are discussed.

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Section: Security Vulnerabilities In Lpwanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security in Low Powered Wide Area Networks: Opportunities for Software Defined Network-Supported Solutions

2020

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“…Some of papers show attacks classified on pasive and active (Shahzad et al, 2017). Radio interference attack is described in Hamieh et al (2009), Nancy et al (2014) and Hamza et al (2016).…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overview of DOS attacks on wireless sensor networks and experimental results for simulation of interference attacks

Gavrić

Simić

2018

Ing. Inv.

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Wireless sensor networks are now used in various fields. The information transmitted in the wireless sensor networks is very sensitive, so the security issue is very important. DOS (denial of service) attacks are a fundamental threat to the functioning of wireless sensor networks. This paper describes some of the most common DOS attacks and potential methods of protection against them. The case study shows one of the most frequent attacks on wireless sensor networks -the interference attack. In the introduction of this paper authors assume that the attack interference can cause significant obstruction of wireless sensor networks. This assumption has been proved in the case study through simulation scenario and simulation results. RESUMENLas redes de sensores inalámbricos se utilizan ahora en varios campos. La información transmitida en las redes de sensores inalámbricos es muy delicada, por lo que el tema de la seguridad es muy importante. Los ataques de DOS (Denegación de servicio) son una amenaza fundamental para el funcionamiento de las redes de sensores inalámbricos. Este documento describe algunos de los ataques DOS más comunes y los posibles métodos de protección contra ellos. El estudio de caso muestra uno de los ataques más frecuentes a las redes de sensores inalámbricos: el ataque de interferencia. En la introducción de este artículo, los autores suponen que la interferencia de ataque puede causar una obstrucción significativa de las redes de sensores inalámbricos. Esta suposición se ha demostrado en el estudio de caso a través de escenarios de simulación y los resultados de estas simulaciones.Palabras clave: Redes de sensores inalámbricos, detección de intrusión, comunicación inalámbrica, seguridad del sistema de comunicación, interferencia de radiofrecuencia.

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“…When the jammer has the ability to interpret data link layer protocols, it becomes as energy-efficient as legitimate nodes. The authors in [ 17 ] presented a comprehensive survey on different sophisticated jamming attacks based on the MAC layer. Techniques used to defeat each one of the intelligent jammers are classified based on the knowledge capacity of MAC protocol rules.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Strength of Crowd (SOC)—Defeating a Reactive Jammer in IoT with Decoy Messages

Sciancalepore

Oligeri

Pietro

2018

Sensors

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We propose Strength of Crowd (SoC), a distributed Internet of Things (IoT) protocol that guarantees message broadcast from an initiator to all network nodes in the presence of either a reactive or a proactive jammer, that targets a variable portion of the radio spectrum. SoC exploits a simple, yet innovative and effective idea: nodes not (currently) involved in the broadcast process transmit decoy messages that cannot be distinguished (by the jammer) from the real ones. Therefore, the jammer has to implement a best-effort strategy to jam all the concurrent communications up to its frequency/energy budget. SoC exploits the inherent parallelism that stems from the massive deployments of IoT nodes to guarantee a high number of concurrent communications, exhausting the jammer capabilities and hence leaving a subset of the communications not jammed. It is worth noting that SoC could be adopted in several wireless scenarios; however, we focus on its application to the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) domain, including IoT, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Device-to-Device (D2D), to name a few. In this framework, we provide several contributions: firstly, we show the details of the SoC protocol, as well as its integration with the IEEE 802.15.4-2015 MAC protocol; secondly, we study the broadcast delay to deliver the message to all the nodes in the network; and finally, we run an extensive simulation and experimental campaign to test our solution. We consider the state-of-the-art OpenMote-B experimental platform, adopting the OpenWSN open-source protocol stack. Experimental results confirm the quality and viability of our solution.

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A Survey on Intelligent MAC Layer Jamming Attacks and Countermeasures in WSNs

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

Security in Low Powered Wide Area Networks: Opportunities for Software Defined Network-Supported Solutions

Security in Low Powered Wide Area Networks: Opportunities for Software Defined Network-Supported Solutions

Overview of DOS attacks on wireless sensor networks and experimental results for simulation of interference attacks

Strength of Crowd (SOC)—Defeating a Reactive Jammer in IoT with Decoy Messages

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