A survey of Sybil attack countermeasures in IoT-based wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been among the most prevalent wireless innovations over the years exciting new Internet of Things (IoT) applications. IoT based WSN integrated with Internet Protocol IP allows any physical objects with sensors to be connected ubiquitously and send real-time data t...

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Published in:PeerJ. Computer science 2021-09, Vol.7, p.e673, Article e673
Main Authors: Arshad, Akashah, Mohd Hanapi, Zurina, Subramaniam, Shamala, Latip, Rohaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Attack
Computer Networks and Communications
Coronaviruses
Countermeasures
COVID-19
Innovations
Internet of Things
Investment analysis
IoT
IP (Internet Protocol)
Literature reviews
Medical research
Object recognition
Researchers
Routing (telecommunications)
Security and Privacy
Sensors
Social networks
Surveys
Sybil
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Computer network protocol)
Wireless networks
Wireless sensor networks
WSN
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Summary:Wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been among the most prevalent wireless innovations over the years exciting new Internet of Things (IoT) applications. IoT based WSN integrated with Internet Protocol IP allows any physical objects with sensors to be connected ubiquitously and send real-time data to the server connected to the Internet gate. Security in WSN remains an ongoing research trend that falls under the IoT paradigm. A WSN node deployed in a hostile environment is likely to open security attacks such as Sybil attack due to its distributed architecture and network contention implemented in the routing protocol. In a Sybil attack, an adversary illegally advertises several false identities or a single identity that may occur at several locations called Sybil nodes. Therefore, in this paper, we give a survey of the most up-to-date assured methods to defend from the Sybil attack. The Sybil attack countermeasures includes encryption, trust, received signal indicator (RSSI), encryption and artificial intelligence. Specifically, we survey different methods, along with their advantages and disadvantages, to mitigate the Sybil attack. We discussed the lesson learned and the future avenues of study and open issues in WSN security analysis.
ISSN:2376-5992
2376-5992
DOI:10.7717/peerj-cs.673