RFID Security Issues in IoT: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The landscape of Internet of Things (IoT)has been evolving atan increasing rate over the recent years. With the ease of availability of mobile devices, there has been a tremendous leap in technology associated with it. Thus, the need for efficient intercommunication among these devices arises. To ensure that IoTis seamlessly integrated into the daily life of people using appropriate technology is essential. One of the important associated technologies with IoT is RFID. RFID proves to be a simpler and efficient technology to implement IoT at various levels. Since IoT is greatly imapcting the lives of people, one of the major concerns of IoT is the security. IoT will have millions of devices and users connected to each other. It is important to authenticate both users and devices to prevent any breach of information. With the limitations in RFID technology, various authentication protocols have been developed to provide optimal solutions.

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“…Then, the attacker can send his own data that includes the original tag ID, making it look like it's valid. By claiming to be the original source, the attacker gets full access to the system [41]. In the case of RFID cloning, the attacker clones the RFID tag by inserting the information from the target's RFID on another RFID tag as illustrated in Figure 10.…”