Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
ECU Security Research Institute
RAS ID
14824
Abstract
Wireless Sensor Networks are becoming popular as a means of collecting data by military organisations, public utilities, motor vehicle manufacturers and security firms. Unfortunately, the devices on such networks are often insecure by default, which creates problems in terms of the confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted across such networks. This paper discusses attacks that were successful on a simple network consisting of nodes using the ZigBee protocol stack and proposes defences to thwart these attacks, thus leading to increased user confidence in the ability of organisations to provide secure and effective services. The outcomes were that it was possible to add false nodes to a test network and have these nodes accepted by the network. This was because the packet encryption available for the devices was disabled by default.
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Johnstone, M. N., & Jarvis, J. A. (2012). On the Effectiveness of Intrusions into ZigBee-based Wireless Sensor Networks. Journal of Network Forensics, 4(1), 27-39.