Blockchain Technology to Secure Bluetooth
Athanasios Kalogiratos (1), Ioanna Kantzavelou (1) ((1) University, of West Attica)

TL;DR
This paper identifies vulnerabilities in Bluetooth pairing and proposes integrating Blockchain technology to enhance security and mitigate attacks, especially within IoT environments.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach to secure Bluetooth pairing by leveraging Blockchain, addressing existing security flaws and proposing a practical implementation method.
Findings
Blockchain can effectively secure Bluetooth pairing processes.
The proposed solution mitigates common Bluetooth vulnerabilities.
Implementation demonstrates improved security in Bluetooth communications.
Abstract
Bluetooth is a communication technology used to wirelessly exchange data between devices. In the last few years there have been found a great number of security vulnerabilities, and adversaries are taking advantage of them causing harm and significant loss. Numerous system security updates have been approved and installed in order to sort out security holes and bugs, and prevent attacks that could expose personal or other valuable information. But those updates are not sufficient and appropriate and new bugs keep showing up. In Bluetooth technology, pairing is identified as the step where most bugs are found and most attacks target this particular process part of Bluetooth. A new technology that has been proved bulletproof when it comes to security and the exchange of sensitive information is Blockchain. Blockchain technology is promising to be incorporated well in a network of smart…
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Taxonomy
TopicsBluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies · Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks · User Authentication and Security Systems
