6thSense: A Context-aware Sensor-based Attack Detector for Smart Devices
Amit Kumar Sikder, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac

TL;DR
6thSense is a machine learning-based, context-aware intrusion detection system for smart devices that effectively detects sensor-based malicious activities with over 96% accuracy, enhancing device security without impacting normal functions.
Contribution
The paper introduces 6thSense, a novel sensor behavior analysis framework that improves detection of malicious sensor activities on smart devices using multiple machine learning techniques.
Findings
Achieves over 96% detection accuracy.
Effectively detects three types of sensor-based threats.
Minimal performance overhead on devices.
Abstract
Sensors (e.g., light, gyroscope, accelerotmeter) and sensing enabled applications on a smart device make the applications more user-friendly and efficient. However, the current permission-based sensor management systems of smart devices only focus on certain sensors and any App can get access to other sensors by just accessing the generic sensor API. In this way, attackers can exploit these sensors in numerous ways: they can extract or leak users' sensitive information, transfer malware, or record or steal sensitive information from other nearby devices. In this paper, we propose 6thSense, a context-aware intrusion detection system which enhances the security of smart devices by observing changes in sensor data for different tasks of users and creating a contextual model to distinguish benign and malicious behavior of sensors. 6thSense utilizes three different Machine Learning-based…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques · Network Security and Intrusion Detection · User Authentication and Security Systems
