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Modern Internet-enabled smart lights promise energy efficiency and many additional capabilities over traditional lamps. However, these connected lights create a new attack surface, which can be maliciously used to violate users' privacy and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Anindya Maiti , Murtuza Jadliwala

The massive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) as a network of interconnected entities [18], brings up new challenges in terms of privacy and security requirements to the traditional software engineering domain [4]. To protect the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-10 Parvaneh Shayegh , Vijayanta Jain , Amin Rabinia , Sepideh Ghanavati

The combination of smart home platforms and automation apps introduces much convenience to smart home users. However, this also brings the potential for privacy leakage. If a smart home platform is permitted to collect all the events of a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Rixin Xu , Qiang Zeng , Liehuang Zhu , Haotian Chi , Mohsen Guizani

The consumer Internet of Things (IoT) space has experienced a significant rise in popularity in the recent years. From smart speakers, to baby monitors, and smart kettles and TVs, these devices are increasingly found in households around…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Anna Maria Mandalari , Roman Kolcun , Hamed Haddadi , Daniel J. Dubois , David Choffnes

Internet of Things devices can now be found everywhere, including in our households in the form of Smart Home networks. Despite their ubiquity, their security is unsatisfactory, as demonstrated by recent attacks. The IETF's MUD standard has…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-13 François De Keersmaeker , Ramin Sadre , Cristel Pelsser

The widespread use of Smart Home devices has attracted significant research interest in understanding their behavior within home networks. Unlike general-purpose computers, these devices exhibit relatively simple and predictable network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-17 François De Keersmaeker , Rémi Van Boxem , Cristel Pelsser , Ramin Sadre

Millions of vulnerable consumer IoT devices in home networks are the enabler for cyber crimes putting user privacy and Internet security at risk. Internet service providers (ISPs) are best poised to play key roles in mitigating risks by…

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has grown exponentially in recent years, introducing significant security challenges. Accurate identification of the types of IoT devices and their associated actions through network…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Reza Ryan , Napoleon Paciente , Cahil Youngs , Nickson Karie , Qian Li , Nasim Ferdosian

With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, intelligent systems are increasingly integrating into everyday life and people's homes. However, the proliferation of these technologies raises concerns about the security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Zainab Alwaisi , Simone Soderi , Rocco De Nicola

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for consumer "smart" homes raises concerns about user privacy. We present a survey method based on the Contextual Integrity (CI) privacy framework that can quickly and efficiently…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Noah Apthorpe , Yan Shvartzshnaider , Arunesh Mathur , Dillon Reisman , Nick Feamster

Internet of Things (IoT) is a whole new ecosystem comprised of heterogeneous connected devices -i.e. computers, laptops, smart-phones and tablets as well as embedded devices and sensors-that communicate to deliver capabilities making our…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Stavros Shiaeles , Nicholas Kolokotronis , Emanuele Bellini

Privacy and security in Smart Cities remain at constant risk due to the vulnerabilities introduced by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The limited computational resources of these devices make them especially susceptible to attacks, while…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Andrés F. Betancur-López

Smart home devices such as video doorbells and security cameras are becoming increasingly common in everyday life. While these devices offer convenience and safety, they also raise new privacy concerns: how these devices affect others, like…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Shuaishuai Liu , Gergely Acs , Gergely Biczók

Internet of things (IoT) that integrate a variety of devices into networks to provide advanced and intelligent services have to protect user privacy and address attacks such as spoofing attacks, denial of service attacks, jamming and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-01-22 Liang Xiao , Xiaoyue Wan , Xiaozhen Lu , Yanyong Zhang , Di Wu

Intelligent infrastructure will critically rely on the dense instrumentation of sensors and actuators that constantly transmit streaming data to cloud-based analytics for real-time monitoring. For example, driverless cars communicate…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-06-08 Cynthia Dwork , George J. Pappas

The Internet of Things (IoT) is intended for ubiquitous connectivity among different entities or "things". While its purpose is to provide effective and efficient solutions, security of the devices and network is a challenging issue. The…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Diego M. Mendez , Ioannis Papapanagiotou , Baijian Yang

Smart speakers and voice-based virtual assistants are core components for the success of the IoT paradigm. Unfortunately, they are vulnerable to various privacy threats exploiting machine learning to analyze the generated encrypted traffic.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Andrea Ranieri , Davide Caputo , Luca Verderame , Alessio Merlo , Luca Caviglione

The growing popularity of Internet-of-Things (IoT) has created the need for network-based traffic anomaly detection systems that could identify misbehaving devices. In this work, we propose a lightweight technique, IoT-guard, for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-17 Ibbad Hafeez , Aaron Yi Ding , Markku Antikainen , Sasu Tarkoma

The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to the billions of physical objects around the planet that are now connected to the Internet, many of which store and exchange the data without human interaction. In recent years the Internet of Things…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Mohan Krishna Kagita , Navod Thilakarathne , Dharmendra Singh Rajput , Dr Surekha Lanka

The rapid increase in the use of IoT devices brings many benefits to the digital society, ranging from improved efficiency to higher productivity. However, the limited resources and the open nature of these devices make them vulnerable to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Joseph Rose , Matthew Swann , Gueltoum Bendiab , Stavros Shiaeles , Nicholas Kolokotronis