Enhancing IoT Security: A Blockchain-Based Mitigation Framework for Deauthentication Attacks

• Published in: The International journal of networked and distributed computing (Online) Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 237 - 249
• Main Authors: Gopalan, S. Harihara, Manikandan, A., Dharani, N. P., Sujatha, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Computer Science; Research Article; Trustworthiness; Multitask Transformer; Blockchain; Internet of Things; Security; De-authentication Attacks; ECDSA
• ISSN: 2211-7938; 2211-7946
• DOI: 10.1007/s44227-024-00029-w

The proposed Blockchain-Based Mitigation of Deauthentication Attacks (BBMDA) Framework aims to enhance the security and trustworthiness of IoT environments by leveraging blockchain technology, the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for secure authentication, and Multi-Task Transformer (MTT) for efficient traffic classification. This paper presents a novel approach to mitigate de-authentication attacks in IoT ecosystems. The research methodology involves developing and implementing the BBMDA framework, followed by a comprehensive evaluation and comparison with existing techniques. Key findings indicate that the BBMDA framework outperforms traditional methods such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), k-nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) in terms of accuracy, false positive rate, false negative rate, precision, recall, and F1-score. These results underscore the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed framework in enhancing IoT security.