Stealth jamming attack in WSNs: effects and countermeasure

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Adnan, Ashraf, Usman, Tunio, Fatima, Abu Bakar, Kamalrulnizam, AL-Zahrani, Mohammed Saeed
• Format: Article
• Published: IEEE Xplore Digital Library 2018
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84294/; https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2018.2852358
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper explores a novel type of attack in wireless sensor networks-Stealth Jamming (SJAM), in which malicious nodes periodically generate bogus traffic in order to trigger false route breakages. More precisely, they target a relatively unexplored weakness inherent in the route maintenance mechan...