Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference

Vlad Ionescu; Utz Roedig

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17

Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference

Vlad Ionescu
, Utz Roedig

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

University College Cork

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a relatively new Low PowerWide Area Network (LPWAN) technology used to implement large-scale IoT applications. The economic viability of most applications depends on a long battery life of deployed devices (1 ~ 0 years). In this paper, we document two interference attacks on the NB-IoT communication link that lead to a battery depletion in devices. These attacks can be carried out without disruption of data delivery and are therefore hard to detect. We describe a Matlab based simulation environment that can be used to investigate interference on NB-IoT communication, and we then use this environment to study the two attacks. For example, we show that battery lifetime can be reduced from 17 years to as low as four months.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021
Editors	Sokratis Katsikas, Costas Lambrinoudakis, Nora Cuppens, John Mylopoulos, Christos Kalloniatis, Weizhi Meng, Steven Furnell, Frank Pallas, Jörg Pohle, M. Angela Sasse, Habtamu Abie, Silvio Ranise, Luca Verderame, Enrico Cambiaso, Jorge Maestre Vidal, Marco Antonio Sotelo Monge
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	276-295
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9783030954833
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	7th Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and of Cyber-Physical Systems, CyberICPS 2021, 5th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering, SECPRE 2021, 4th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things, ADIoT 2021, 3rd Workshop on Security, Privacy, Organizations, and Systems Engineering, SPOSE 2021, 2nd Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, CPS4CIP 2021 and 1st International Workshop on Cyber Defence Technologies and Secure Communications at the Network Edge, CDT and SECOMANE 2021 held in conjunction with 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 4 Oct 2021 → 8 Oct 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13106 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	7th Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and of Cyber-Physical Systems, CyberICPS 2021, 5th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering, SECPRE 2021, 4th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things, ADIoT 2021, 3rd Workshop on Security, Privacy, Organizations, and Systems Engineering, SPOSE 2021, 2nd Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, CPS4CIP 2021 and 1st International Workshop on Cyber Defence Technologies and Secure Communications at the Network Edge, CDT and SECOMANE 2021 held in conjunction with 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	4/10/21 → 8/10/21

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10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17

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Ionescu, V., & Roedig, U. (2022). Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference. In S. Katsikas, C. Lambrinoudakis, N. Cuppens, J. Mylopoulos, C. Kalloniatis, W. Meng, S. Furnell, F. Pallas, J. Pohle, M. A. Sasse, H. Abie, S. Ranise, L. Verderame, E. Cambiaso, J. Maestre Vidal, & M. A. Sotelo Monge (Eds.), Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021 (pp. 276-295). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13106 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17

Ionescu, Vlad ; Roedig, Utz. / Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference. Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021. editor / Sokratis Katsikas ; Costas Lambrinoudakis ; Nora Cuppens ; John Mylopoulos ; Christos Kalloniatis ; Weizhi Meng ; Steven Furnell ; Frank Pallas ; Jörg Pohle ; M. Angela Sasse ; Habtamu Abie ; Silvio Ranise ; Luca Verderame ; Enrico Cambiaso ; Jorge Maestre Vidal ; Marco Antonio Sotelo Monge. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 276-295 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Ionescu, V & Roedig, U 2022, Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference. in S Katsikas, C Lambrinoudakis, N Cuppens, J Mylopoulos, C Kalloniatis, W Meng, S Furnell, F Pallas, J Pohle, MA Sasse, H Abie, S Ranise, L Verderame, E Cambiaso, J Maestre Vidal & MA Sotelo Monge (eds), Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13106 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 276-295, 7th Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and of Cyber-Physical Systems, CyberICPS 2021, 5th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering, SECPRE 2021, 4th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things, ADIoT 2021, 3rd Workshop on Security, Privacy, Organizations, and Systems Engineering, SPOSE 2021, 2nd Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, CPS4CIP 2021 and 1st International Workshop on Cyber Defence Technologies and Secure Communications at the Network Edge, CDT and SECOMANE 2021 held in conjunction with 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2021, Virtual, Online, 4/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17

Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference. / Ionescu, Vlad; Roedig, Utz.
Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021. ed. / Sokratis Katsikas; Costas Lambrinoudakis; Nora Cuppens; John Mylopoulos; Christos Kalloniatis; Weizhi Meng; Steven Furnell; Frank Pallas; Jörg Pohle; M. Angela Sasse; Habtamu Abie; Silvio Ranise; Luca Verderame; Enrico Cambiaso; Jorge Maestre Vidal; Marco Antonio Sotelo Monge. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 276-295 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13106 LNCS).

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Ionescu V, Roedig U. Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices Using Interference. In Katsikas S, Lambrinoudakis C, Cuppens N, Mylopoulos J, Kalloniatis C, Meng W, Furnell S, Pallas F, Pohle J, Sasse MA, Abie H, Ranise S, Verderame L, Cambiaso E, Maestre Vidal J, Sotelo Monge MA, editors, Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops - CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT and SECOMANE, 2021. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 276-295. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_17