Implementing a Wormhole Attack on Wireless Sensor Networks with XBee S2C Devices
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https://doi.org/10.29375/25392115.3606Keywords:
Wormhole attack, ZigBee, IoT, Cybersecurity, DSRAbstract
One of the most dangerous threats to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are wormhole attacks, due to their capacity to manipulate routing and application data in real time and cause important damages to the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of network data. An empirical method to launch a successful attack on IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee devices with source routing enabled is adopted in this work to find signatures for detecting wormhole attacks in real environments. It uses the KillerBee framework with algorithms for packet manipulation through a malicious node to capture and inject malicious packets in victim nodes. Besides, a reverse variant of wormhole attack is presented and executed. To evidence the realization of this threat by the attacking software, the experimental framework includes XBee S2C nodes. The results include recommendations, detection signatures and future work to face wormhole attacks involving source routing protocols like DSR.
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Julián Ramírez Gómez, Metropolitan Institute of Technology
Julian Ramirez is a security analyst, telecommunications engineer and holds a master's degree in computer security from the Metropolitan Institute of Technology in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Julian has been working on cybersecurity issues at the level of networks and operating systems.
Héctor Fernando Vargas Montoya, Metropolitan Institute of Technology
Héctor Vargas is a System Engineer with a master's degree in ICT security. He is the coordinator and teacher of the master's degree in computer security at the Metropolitan Institute of Technology in the city of Medellín, Colombia. He is directing a master's thesis on cybersecurity and information security. He has worked for more than 17 years on security issues in telecommunications companies and as an independent consultant.
Álvaro León Henao, Metropolitan Institute of Technology
Alvaro Henao is a telecommunication engineer and has a master's degree in computer security from the Metropolitan Institute of Technology in the city of Medellín, Colombia. He has been working on IT, telecommunication and security issues in the banking sector.
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