Abstract
The continuous growth of the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their inclusion to public and private infrastructures has introduced new applciations to the market and our day-to-day life. At the same time, these devices create a potential threat to personal and public security. This may be easily understood either due to the sensitivity of the collected data, or by our dependability to the devices’ operation. Considering that most IoT devices are of low cost and are used for various tasks, such as monitoring people or controlling indoor environmental conditions, the security factor should be enhanced. This paper presents the exploitation of side-channel attack technique for protecting low-cost smart devices in an intuitive way. The work aims to extend the dataset provided to an Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in order to achieve a higher accuracy in anomaly detection. Thus, along with typical data provided to an IDS, such as network traffic, transmitted packets, CPU usage, etc., it is proposed to include information regarding the device’s physical state and behaviour such as its power consumption, the supply current, the emitted heat, etc. Awareness of the typical operation of a smart device in terms of operation and functionality may prove valuable, since any deviation may warn of an operational or functional anomaly. In this paper, the deviation (either increase or decrease) of the supply current is exploited for this reason. This work aimed to affect the intrusion detection process of IoT and proposes for consideration new inputs of interest with a collateral interest of study. In parallel, malfunction of the device is also detected, extending this work’s application to issues of reliability and maintainability. The results present 100% attack detection and this is the first time that a low-cost security solution suitable for every type of target devices is presented.
Highlights
Successful attacks targeting Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices have been reported [1,2,3] in many research works presented in recent years
The idea is based on the fact that manufacturers do not provide security mechanisms or hacker countermeasures in their IoT products, mainly due to their low cost
Successful attacks to IoT devices are announced every day but the main actions to secure the IoT devices are mainly found in commercial Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
Summary
Successful attacks targeting Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices have been reported [1,2,3] in many research works presented in recent years This raises significant security issues and sets new challenges. Following protocols similar to the pandemic spread of a biological virus, there is a need to quarantine infected IoT devices, prohibiting the spread of the infection and the formation of the botnet. This is difficult since there is no previous knowledge of a new virus, or the vulnerabilities of a smart device. Since there is physical access to smart devices, there is even the threat of software alteration just by swapping the device’s memory card
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