Visible to the public Cybersecurity of Wearable Devices: An Experimental Analysis and a Vulnerability Assessment Method

TitleCybersecurity of Wearable Devices: An Experimental Analysis and a Vulnerability Assessment Method
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsLangone, M., Setola, R., Lopez, J.
Conference Name2017 IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
Date Publishedjul
KeywordsBiomedical monitoring, Bluetooth, bluetooth low energy, body area networks, cybersecurity, Human Behavior, Internet of Things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet-connected devices, privacy, Protocols, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability, security, security of data, smart phones, smartphone, vulnerability assessment method, wearable devices, wearables security, Wireless communication, wireless protocols, Wireless sensor networks
Abstract

The widespread diffusion of the Internet of Things (IoT) is introducing a huge number of Internet-connected devices in our daily life. Mainly, wearable devices are going to have a large impact on our lifestyle, especially in a healthcare scenario. In this framework, it is fundamental to secure exchanged information between these devices. Among other factors, it is important to take into account the link between a wearable device and a smart unit (e.g., smartphone). This connection is generally obtained via specific wireless protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): the main topic of this work is to analyse the security of this communication link. In this paper we expose, via an experimental campaign, a methodology to perform a vulnerability assessment (VA) on wearable devices communicating with a smartphone. In this way, we identify several security issues in a set of commercial wearable devices.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8029946/
DOI10.1109/COMPSAC.2017.96
Citation Keylangone_cybersecurity_2017