PRoM: Passive Remote Attestation Against Roving Malware in Multicore IoT Devices

This article focuses on developing a hybrid attestation technique for multicore Internet of Things (IoT) devices and introduces passive remote attestation against roving malware (PRoM). The two main objectives of PRoM are to ensure security against roving malware and high availability of the IoT dev...

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Published in:IEEE systems journal 2022-03, Vol.16 (1), p.789-800
Main Authors: Aman, Muhammad Naveed, Basheer, Mohamed Haroon, Dash, Siddhant, Sancheti, Ashutosh, Wong, Jun Wen, Xu, Jia, Lim, Hoon Wei, Sikdar, Biplab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attestation
Availability
Computational modeling
Cybersecurity
Devices
Hardware
Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT)
Malware
Microcontrollers
Multicore processing
PROM
trust
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:This article focuses on developing a hybrid attestation technique for multicore Internet of Things (IoT) devices and introduces passive remote attestation against roving malware (PRoM). The two main objectives of PRoM are to ensure security against roving malware and high availability of the IoT devices while their attestation is being carried out. The proposed technique requires minimal secure hardware combined with a randomized approach to detect roving malware in IoT devices. We present an experimental validation of the proposed technique using a Raspberry Pi setup. A comparison with the existing attestation techniques shows that PRoM has a significantly lower execution time while maintaining a higher probability of detection for an adversary. Moreover, PRoM does not affect the normal operation of IoT devices and, therefore, ensures high availability.
ISSN:1932-8184
1937-9234
DOI:10.1109/JSYST.2021.3066437