Identifying Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities in 4G LTE and IoT Communications Networks

Wu, Sili; Yeoh, Phee Lep; Hardjawana, Wibowo; Vucetic, Branka

doi:10.1109/wf-iot51360.2021.9595689

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“…For instance, a logjam attack allows an attacker to downgrade vulnerable transport layer security connections to 512-bit export-level encryption [Schinianakis, 2017]. A downgrade attack can also force a UE to use a legacy network, vulnerable to many threats addressed by the newest generation [Angelogianni et al, 2020;NSA, 2021;Ghosh et al, 2019;Sheoran et al, 2019;Peltonen et al, 2021;Shaik et al, 2018Shaik et al, , 2019 et al, 2018;Baraković et al, 2016;Wu et al, 2021;Lučić and Mišević, 2021;Chlosta et al, 2019].…”

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A Systematic Literature Mapping on the Security of 5G and Vertical Applications

Sobrinho,

Santos,

Silva

et al. 2023

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The deployment of 5G infrastructure is one of the main vectors for new application scenarios since it enables enhanced data bandwidth, low latency, and comprehensive signal coverage. As a result, this communication system supports various vertical applications such as the Industrial Internet of Things, smart health, smart cities, smart grids, and transportation systems. However, these applications bring new challenges to 5G networks due to specific requirements for such scenarios. Furthermore, as software-based technologies, including network slicing, software-defined networks, network function virtualization, and multi-access edge computing are a fundamental part of the 5G architecture, the network can expose these applications to new security and privacy concerns. This study summarizes the existing literature on 5G vertical applications security. We highlight vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and solutions for 5G vertical applications. We conducted a Systematic Literature Mapping (SLM) to discuss security and privacy challenges regarding the 5G vertical applications. The SLM answered the following research question: what is the state-of-the-art regarding security in 5G networks and vertical applications? We reviewed 389 papers from 2,349 produced by searching with a curated search query and discussed vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and solutions for 5G vertical applications. Smart cities, Industry 4.0, smart transportation, public services, smart grids, and smart health are vertical applications with relevant security concerns. We observed the need for more research since the 5G and vertical applications continuously evolve. This review also uncovers research gaps and future research directions.

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A Systematic Literature Mapping on the Security of 5G and Vertical Applications

Sobrinho,

Santos,

Silva

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Fast and Efficient Security Scheme for Blockchain-Based IoT Networks

Fasila¹,

Mathew²

2022

Computers, Materials &Amp; Continua

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Blockchain for Future Wireless Networks: A Decade Survey

Rathod

Jadav

Alshehri

et al. 2022

Sensors

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The emerging need for high data rate, low latency, and high network capacity encourages wireless networks (WNs) to build intelligent and dynamic services, such as intelligent transportation systems, smart homes, smart cities, industrial automation, etc. However, the WN is impeded by several security threats, such as data manipulation, denial-of-service, injection, man-in-the-middle, session hijacking attacks, etc., that deteriorate the security performance of the aforementioned WN-based intelligent services. Toward this goal, various security solutions, such as cryptography, artificial intelligence (AI), access control, authentication, etc., are proposed by the scientific community around the world; however, they do not have full potential in tackling the aforementioned security issues. Therefore, it necessitates a technology, i.e., a blockchain, that offers decentralization, immutability, transparency, and security to protect the WN from security threats. Motivated by these facts, this paper presents a WNs survey in the context of security and privacy issues with blockchain-based solutions. First, we analyzed the existing research works and highlighted security requirements, security issues in a different generation of WN (4G, 5G, and 6G), and a comparative analysis of existing security solutions. Then, we showcased the influence of blockchain technology and prepared an exhaustive taxonomy for blockchain-enabled security solutions in WN. Further, we also proposed a blockchain and a 6G-based WN architecture to highlight the importance of blockchain technology in WN. Moreover, the proposed architecture is evaluated against different performance metrics, such as scalability, packet loss ratio, and latency. Finally, we discuss various open issues and research challenges for blockchain-based WNs solutions.

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Identifying Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities in 4G LTE and IoT Communications Networks

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

A Systematic Literature Mapping on the Security of 5G and Vertical Applications

A Systematic Literature Mapping on the Security of 5G and Vertical Applications

Fast and Efficient Security Scheme for Blockchain-Based IoT Networks

Blockchain for Future Wireless Networks: A Decade Survey

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