A novel approach to resource starvation attacks on message queuing telemetry transport brokers

Abstract

The Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol is an established bandwidth-efficient method of connection with remote locations using wireless sensor networks. It forms a backbone infrastructure for IoT collection and analytics. The collection and sharing of data by embedded devices and heterogeneous systems fuels an ever-increasing reliance on secure data. An important consideration is the resilience of MQTT brokers when subject to large subscriber loads. This research describes how the intelligence gathered by a simple physical reconnaissance attack can be used as part of a rapid kill-chain to facilitate resource starvation and water torture attacks in order to bring down three distinct MQTT broker implementations. © 2019 IEEE.

RAS ID

30161

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Date of Publication

1-1-2019

School

School of Science

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Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Comments

Da Paz, R., Sehovic, A., Cook, D. M., & Armstrong, L. (2019). A novelapproach to resource starvation attacks on message queuing telemetry transport brokers. In 2019 4th International Conference on Information Technology, Information Systems and Electrical Engineering (ICITISEE). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICITISEE48480.2019.9003770

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10.1109/ICITISEE48480.2019.9003770