Title :
Man-In-The-Middle attacks on bluetooth: a comparative analysis, a novel attack, and countermeasures
Author :
Haataja, Keijo M J ; Hyppönen, Konstantin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Kuopio, Kuopio
Abstract :
We provide a comparative analysis of the existing MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) attacks on Bluetooth. In addition, we propose a novel Bluetooth MITM attack against Bluetooth- enabled printers that support SSP (Secure Simple Pairing). Our attack is based on the fact that the security of the protocol is likely to be limited by the capabilities of the least powerful or the least secure device type. Moreover, we propose improvements to the existing Bluetooth SSP in order to make it more secure.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; telecommunication security; Bluetooth; man-in-the-middle attacks; secure simple pairing; Bluetooth; Communication system security; Computer science; Directional antennas; Jamming; Personal area networks; Printers; Protocols; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; Authentication; Bluetooth; Man-In-The-Middle attack; Secure Simple Pairing; Wireless Security;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Control and Signal Processing, 2008. ISCCSP 2008. 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
St Julians
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1687-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1688-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISCCSP.2008.4537388
