A Comprehensive Taxonomy and Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 Attacks

Table 2

Comparative analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer attacks (√ for cause, √√ for effect).

Attack	DoS intent				Primary security goals
	Exhaustion	Collision	Unfairness	Sleep	Confidentiality	Integrity	Authenticity	Availability
Link Layer Jamming	√√	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√
Node-Specific Flooding	×	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√√
BLE pretense, constant BE, RNG tampering, and CCA reduction	×	√√ [7]	×	×	×	×	√√	×
Back-off countdown omission and CCA omission	√	√√ [7]	×	×	×	×	√√	×
Same-Nonce Attack	×	×	×	√√	×	×	×	×
Replay-Protection Attack	×	√√	√	×	×	×	√√	√
ACK spoofing attack	×	√√	×	×	×	√√	√√	×
ACK dropping attack	×	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√√
MITM Attack	×	√√	×	×	√√	√√	√√	×
PANId Conflict Attack	×	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√√
DoS against data transmissions during CFP	×	√	×	×	×	√√	√√	×
DoS against GTS Requests	×	√	×	×	×	×	√√	√√
False Data Injection	×	√	×	×	√√	√√	√√	√√
Stealing network bandwidth	×	√	×	×	√√	×	√√	√√
DoS against CAP maintenance	×	√	×	×	×	×	√√	√√
Interference during CFP	√√	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√
Ping-Pong Effect	×	√	√	×	×	×	√√	√√
Bootstrapping Attack	×	√√	×	×	×	×	√√	√
Steganography Attack	×	√	×	×	×	×	×	×