Modeling the Wormhole Attack in Underwater Sensor Network

Abstract

In underwater sensor network, security becomes a primary concern in order to provide protected communication. In this paper, we present a novel network simulation component, wormhole attack, in NS2 ， for underwater sensor networks, after analyzing the current methods of simulating wormhole attack. The core idea of wormhole implementation is making a "tunnel" between two malicious nodes. If this "tunnel" is built on normal wireless or wired channel，there would be some unexpected channel loss. So in order to solve the problem, we selected the existing wired object Link, in the NS2 wired simulation package, to simulate the "tunnel" by copying the local packets and directly sending them to the wormhole object installed in a remote node. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the wormhole components in NS2 worked smoothly and comply with the actual. Keywords-wormhole attack; underwater sensor network (UWSN);split object；NS2;I.

Security challenges of Internet of Underwater Things: A systematic literature review

“…A large percentage of the primary studies are focused on addressing a particular threat or group of attacks, proposing new algorithms 17,37,46 and security models. 30,44,49 The other papers are focused on demonstration and classification of attacks and threats, such as DoS, localization and routing attacks, 26,27,32 as well as presenting security issues and key research challenges. 13,16,23 These studies are mostly evaluated using simulations.…”

“…26,29 • Wormhole: In a wormhole attack, an attacker uses two malicious nodes to tunnel traffic through the network. 14,27,32 The two colluding nodes capture packets and transmit them to the destinations using an external communication channel or the existing network infrastructure, leading to the creation of false neighbor connections and an illusion of a shortcut route to increase their probability of being selected in routing. 27,32 The wormhole can be used to perform DoS by selectively dropping packets, traffic analysis, or to enable further attacks.…”

“…27,32 The wormhole can be used to perform DoS by selectively dropping packets, traffic analysis, or to enable further attacks. 20,27 This is categorized under routing and localization attacks. • Sybil: In Sybil attack, an attacker pretends to be in multiple locations simultaneously, with multiple identities, 20,23,25 thereby misleading routing protocols.…”

Challenges, Threats, Security Issues and New Trends of Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

“…Wormhole attack detection and countermeasures have attracted many research studies. In [ 46 ], a wormhole attack was simulated in NS 2. The work selected the existing wired object link in the NS 2 wired simulation package to simulate the “tunnel” by copying the local packets and directly sending them to the wormhole object installed in a remote node.…”