Security Defenses for Cross-Technology Communication in IoT Control System

Abstract

To solve security problems in cross-technology communication(CTC), we take the Internet of Things(IoT) control system as an example, and propose a comprehensive solution against the attack on the physical layer CTC from ZigBee to Wi-Fi. Specifically, we propose a noise interference strategy by adding an appropriate amount of dedicated noise signals, which can interfere with the eavesdropping and simulation of ZigBee signals without affecting the reception of the receiver. Moreover, we also propose a regression modeling strategy which collects data, extracts features, and trains a binary logistic regression model so that the receiver can actively distinguish simulated attack signals. We build the experimental platform by using GNU Radio and USRP devices. Experimental results demonstrate that the security defense strategies can identify and distinguish the signals from the attacker with a high accuracy, effectively solving the signal emulation attack on the physical layer CTC from ZigBee to Wi-Fi.

Keywords

cross-technology communication / Internet of Things(IoT) / intelligent control / security defense strategy

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