Wireless sensor network performance analysis and effect of blackhole and sinkhole attacks

Raja Waseem Anwar, Majid Bakhtiari, Anazida Zainal, Kashif Naseer Qureshi

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Abstract

The widespread usage of Wireless sensor networks in various fields and application make it vulnerable to variety of security threats and attacks. These security attacks occur when an adversary compromised a sensor node by inject false measurements and divert real time network traffic. Sinkhole and Blackhole attacks are very common attacks in network, where an attacker advertises un-authorized routing update in network. To deal with these types of attacks, there is a need to tighten the network security and prevent from attackers. In this study, we discuss security threats and presents the effects of Black and Sink hole attacks. Further, the study presents related work and current issues in wireless sensor network. The simulation results illustrated that, how these attacks affect the network performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)75-81
Number of pages7
JournalJurnal Teknologi
Volume78
Issue number4-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Attacks
  • Black hole
  • Security
  • WSN

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