Analyzing using software defined radios as wireless sensor network inspection and testing devices: An Internet of Things penetration testing perspective

dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, George D.
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Philip J.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Colin C.
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderRaytheon Technologies Research Center, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-03T15:15:30Z
dc.date.available2020-09-03T15:15:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-03
dc.date.updated2020-09-03T15:09:45Z
dc.description.abstractWireless sensor network (WSN) research and development is producing viable solutions for various innovative applications, including critical areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), which is becoming a significant feature of modern technology. WSNs form an integral component of the IoT infrastructure by, frequently, implementing the communication links between sensors and the access point or central coordinator. This design and use in IoT applications intensifies the incentive to attack WSNs as sensitive data is available and transmitted in wireless links, which inherently contain security vulnerabilities, especially from external malicious interference. To ensure satisfactory performance, safety and privacy, communication links and WSN devices must be secure. Hence, penetration testing to identify security vulnerabilities and responses to external intrusions is a prerequisite to forming secure connections and an overall secure network. Derived from a prior study, this paper explores the benefits of using software-defined radios (SDRs) for WSN/IoT data analysis and penetration testing by concentrating on implementing various intrusions using signal processing block based software like Simulink or GNU Radio. A comparison with traditional WSN packet sniffing/debugging tools is provided and the main security vulnerabilities of existing WSNs are surveyed by adopting the ZigBee protocol. An extension to WSN security analysis and testing is established by utilizing low-cost SDRs and specifying the ease of implementing various analysis techniques even when certain equipment, such as anechoic chambers, are unavailable. Stemming from previous simulations, the benefits of obtaining the in-phase and quadrature-phase samples, both with and without external interference, is also discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (IRC) and Raytheon Technologies Research Center, Ireland (under the post-graduate Enterprise Partnership Scheme 2016, award number EPSPG/2016/66)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationO’Mahony, G. D., Harris, P. J. and Murphy, C. C. (2020) 'Analyzing using Software Defined Radios as Wireless Sensor Network Inspection and Testing Devices: An Internet of Things Penetration Testing Perspective'. 2020 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS), Dublin, Ireland, 3 June, (6 pp). doi: 10.1109/GIOTS49054.2020.9119606en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/GIOTS49054.2020.9119606en
dc.identifier.endpage6en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-7281-6728-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-7281-6729-9
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10461
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9119606
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dc.subjectInternet of Thingsen
dc.subjectProtocolsen
dc.subjectRadiofrequency interferenceen
dc.subjectSoftware radioen
dc.subjectTelecommunication securityen
dc.subjectWireless sensor networksen
dc.subjectZigbeeen
dc.subjectSoftware defined radiosen
dc.subjectWireless sensor network inspectionen
dc.subjectIoT infrastructureen
dc.subjectCommunication linksen
dc.subjectAccess pointen
dc.subjectIoT applicationsen
dc.subjectWireless linksen
dc.subjectSafetyen
dc.subjectPrivacyen
dc.subjectWSN devicesen
dc.subjectSecure networken
dc.subjectBlock based softwareen
dc.subjectGNU Radioen
dc.subjectInternet of Things penetration testing perspectiveen
dc.subjectDataen
dc.subjectIEEE 802.15.4en
dc.subjectInterferenceen
dc.subjectIntrusionen
dc.subjectIoTen
dc.subjectSDRen
dc.subjectSecurityen
dc.subjectSnifferen
dc.subjectWSN and ZigBeeen
dc.titleAnalyzing using software defined radios as wireless sensor network inspection and testing devices: An Internet of Things penetration testing perspectiveen
dc.typeConference itemen
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