Remotely Exploiting AT Command Attacks on ZigBee Networks

• Main Authors: Ivan Vaccari, Enrico Cambiaso, Maurizio Aiello
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
• Series: Security and Communication Networks
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1723658

Internet of Things networks represent an emerging phenomenon bringing connectivity to common sensors. Due to the limited capabilities and to the sensitive nature of the devices, security assumes a crucial and primary role. In this paper, we report an innovative and extremely dangerous threat targeting IoT networks. The attack is based on Remote AT Commands exploitation, providing a malicious user with the possibility of reconfiguring or disconnecting IoT sensors from the network. We present the proposed attack and evaluate its efficiency by executing tests on a real IoT network. Results demonstrate how the threat can be successfully executed and how it is able to focus on the targeted nodes, without affecting other nodes of the network.