Securing Low-Power Blockchain-enabled IoT Devices against Energy Depletion Attack

【Author】 Alsirhani, Amjad; Khan, Muhammad Ali; Alomari, Abdullah; Maryam, Sauda; Younas, Aiman; Iqbal, Muddesar; Siqqidi, Muhammad Hameed; Ali, Amjad

【Source】ACM TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

【影响因子】3.989

【Abstract】Blockchain-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) envisions a world with rapid development and implementations to change our everyday lives based on smart devices. These devices are attached to the internet that can communicate with each other without human interference. A well-known wireless network in blockchain-enabled IoT frameworks is the Low Power and Lossy Network (LLN) that uses a novel protocol known as Routing protocol for low power and lossy networks (RPL) to provide effective and energy-efficient routing. LLNs that run on RPL are inherently prone to multiple Denial of Service (DoS) attacks due to the low cost, shared medium, and resource-constrained nature of blockchain-enabled IoT devices. A Spam DODAG Information Solicitation (DIS) attack is one of the novel attacks that drains the energy source of legitimate nodes and ends up causing the legitimate nodes to suffer from DoS. To address this problem, a mitigation scheme named DIS Spam Attack Mitigation (DISAM) is proposed. The proposed scheme effectively mitigates the effects of the Spam DIS attack on the network's performance. The experimental results show that DISAM detects and mitigates the attack quickly and efficiently.

【Keywords】Internet of Things; block chain; Denial of Service; battery drainage attack; DIS attack

【发表时间】2023 AUG

【收录时间】2023-10-19

【文献类型】实验仿真

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区块链技术-协同技术-物联网