- Title
- The rise of ransomware and emerging security challenges in the internet of things
- Creator
- Yaqoob, Ibrar; Ahmed, Ejaz; Rehman, Muhammad; Ahmed, Abdelmuttlib; Imran, Muhammad
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/181528
- Identifier
- vital:15963
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2017.09.003
- Identifier
- ISBN:1389-1286 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- With the increasing miniaturization of smartphones, computers, and sensors in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, strengthening the security and preventing ransomware attacks have become key concerns. Traditional security mechanisms are no longer applicable because of the involvement of resource-constrained devices, which require more computation power and resources. This paper presents the ransomware attacks and security concerns in IoT. We initially discuss the rise of ransomware attacks and outline the associated challenges. Then, we investigate, report, and highlight the state-of-the-art research efforts directed at IoT from a security perspective. A taxonomy is devised by classifying and categorizing the literature based on important parameters (e.g., threats, requirements, IEEE standards, deployment level, and technologies). Furthermore, a few credible case studies are outlined to alert people regarding how seriously IoT devices are vulnerable to threats. We enumerate the requirements that need to be met for securing IoT. Several indispensable open research challenges (e.g., data integrity, lightweight security mechanisms, lack of security software's upgradability and patchability features, physical protection of trillions of devices, privacy, and trust) are identified and discussed. Several prominent future research directions are provided. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Muhammad Imran” is provided in this record**
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Relation
- Computer Networks Vol. 129, no. (2017), p. 444-458
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2017 Elsevier
- Subject
- 40 Engineering; 46 Information and Computing SciencesAuthentication; Internet of Things; Ransomware; Security; Trust
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Imran’s work is supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University through Research group No. (RG # 1435-051).
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