Authentication Protocols for Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

Table 4

Summary of attacks in Machine to Machine Communications (M2M) and defense protocols.

Adversary model	Authentication protocols for M2M
	[62]	[61]	[46]	[38]	[34]	[53]	[47]	[137]	[37]
Audio replay attack	✓	0	X	0	0	0	X	X	0
Changing distance attack	✓	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Same-type-device attack	✓	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Composition attack	✓	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Redirection attack	0	✓	0	✓	X	X	0	X	✓
Man-in-the-middle attack	0	✓	0	✓	0	0	X	X	✓
Substitution attack	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X
DoS attack	X	✓	X	✓	X	X	✓	X	X
Replay attack	0	X	X	✓	0	✓	X	X	✓
Forging attack	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X
Colluding attack	0	X	X	0	X	X	0	X	X
Flooding attack	0	X	X	X	X	X	0	X	0
Side-channel attack	0	X	X	X	X	X	0	X	0
False messages attack	0	X	X	X	0	0	0	X	0
Sybil attack	X	X	X	X	0	0	X	X	0
Movement tracking	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	0
Message modification	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X
Impersonation attack	X	X	X	X	0	✓	✓	X	X
Guessing attack	X	X	X	X	X	✓	X	X	X
Stolen-verifier attack	X	X	X	X	X	✓	X	X	X
Wormhole attack	0	0	X	0	X	0	X	X	0
Blackhole attack	0	0	X	0	0	0	X	X	0
Attribute-trace attack	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X
Eavesdropping attack	X	X	X	X	0	0	X	X	0
Chosen-plaintext attack	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	0
Spam attack	0	X	X	X	0	0	X	X	0
Identity theft attack	0	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X
User manipulation attack	0	X	X	X	X	0	0	X	0
Routing attack	0	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	X
Linkability attack	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rejection attack	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Successive-response attack	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Packet analysis attack	X	0	X	X	X	0	X	X	0
Packet tracing attack	X	0	X	X	X	0	X	X	0
Brute-force attack	0	0	X	0	0	X	0	0	X

✓ indicates fully supported; X indicates not supported; 0 indicates partially supported.