Men-in-the-Middle Attack Simulation on Low Energy Wireless Devices using Software Define Radio
This addresses security vulnerabilities in low-energy wireless networks for cybersecurity practitioners, though it appears incremental as it applies existing SDR methods to specific protocols.
The paper simulated man-in-the-middle attacks on Bluetooth Low Energy and ZigBee devices using software-defined radio to sniff and spoof packets, revealing weaknesses in local wireless networks through real-time experimental analysis.
The article presents a method of organizing men-in-the-middle attack and penetration test on Bluetooth Low Energy devices and ZigBee packets using software define radio with sniffing and spoofing packets, capture and analysis techniques on wireless waves with the focus on Bluetooth. The paper contains the analysis of the latest scientific work in this area, provides a comparative analysis of SDRs and the rationale for the choice of hardware, gives the sequence of actions for collecting wireless data packets and data collection from ZigBee and BLE devices, and analyzes ways to improve captured wireless packet analysis techniques. For the study collected experimental setup, the results of which are analyzed in real time. The collected wireless data packets are compared with those sent. The result of the experiment shows the weaknesses of local wireless networks.