Open AccessSecuring Low-Power Blockchain-enabled IoT Devices against Energy Depletion Attack
Author(s) -
Amjad Alsirhani,
Muhammad Ali Khan,
Abdullah Alomari,
Sauda Maryam,
Aiman Younas,
Muddesar Iqbal,
Muhammad Hameed Siqqidi,
Amjad Ali
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
acm transactions on internet technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1557-6051
pISSN - 1533-5399
DOI - 10.1145/3511903
Subject(s) - computer science , blockchain , denial of service attack , computer network , lossy compression , computer security , routing protocol , internet of things , protocol (science) , wireless sensor network , routing (electronic design automation) , the internet , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , world wide web
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 drain 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.