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Security in Mobile Networks: GSM, UTMS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth

Learn about the security challenges and solutions in mobile networks. Explore topics like GSM, UTMS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, authentication, privacy, and more.

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Security in Mobile Networks: GSM, UTMS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth

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  1. G53SEC Mobile Security GSM, UTMS, Wi-Fi and some Bluetooth 1

  2. G53SEC • Today’s Lecture: • Security in the mobile world • GSM • 3GPP / UTMS • Mobile IPv6 • Wi-Fi • Bluetooth 2

  3. G53SEC • Introduction: • Mobile computing one of the fastest growing segments of the PC market • What is a mobile network? • Changing physical / geographical location • Changing network topology • Attached somewhere to a fixed network • Wireless communication 3

  4. G53SEC • Introduction: • What is different about mobile networks? • Low bandwidth – minimise message size and volume • Increased risk of eavesdropping • Security issues • Authentication • Privacy • Charging 4

  5. G53SEC • Introduction: • Mobile services pose new challenges • Some derive from technology • Some from applications • Physical access – no longer a barrier to network • - Wi-Fi access to corporate networks 5

  6. G53SEC • Introduction: • Current most active mobile technologies • GSM • 3GPP/UTMS • Mobile IP • IEEE 802.11 • Bluetooth 6

  7. G53SEC • Introduction: • Other areas of mobile networks with security implications • WAP – Wireless Application Protocol • Malicious scripting, Infrastructure issues • SMS – Short Messaging Service • Spam, spoofing, viruses • MANETs – Mobile Ad-hoc Networks • - Rogue nodes, Security only at academic stage 7

  8. G53SEC • GSM – 220 000 Cell Towers: 8

  9. G53SEC • GSM: • 1st Generation Cell Phones • Charge fraud – simple authentication • Alibi creation – call forwarding • GSM – Improvement from 1st generation • Good voice quality • Cheap end-systems • Low running costs • etc.. 9

  10. G53SEC • GSM: • Creation affected by political influences • Differing national regulations and attitudes towards cryptography • Law enforcement requested ability to wiretap • GSM security goals • Protection against charge fraud • Protection of voice and signal traffic • Phone theft tracking 10

  11. G53SEC • GSM: • Components • GSM user – subscriber in home network • Where service requested – serving network • Mobile station comprises • Mobile equipment • Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) • SIM card – smart card chip • Performs cryptographic operations • Stores keys • Stores personal data 11

  12. G53SEC • GSM: • IMSI – International Mobile Subscriber Identity • Unique subscriber identification • TMSI – Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity • Used to avoid location tracking • Served when device joins a new subnet • IMSI catchers • Device authenticates to network but not vice versa • Catcher masquerades as a base station • Collects IMSI numbers 12

  13. G53SEC • GSM: • Cryptography • Uses symmetric cryptography • 3 algorithms • A3 – authentication (Provider specific) • A5 – encryption (Standardised) • A8 – key generation (Provider specific) • No official publication of algorithms exists • Cryptanalytic attacks do exist 13

  14. G53SEC • GSM: • Location Based Services • GSM network records location information of mobile equipment • Used for various services (e.g. traffic info) • Used for emergencies (Medical, Police, etc…) • Obligatory in some countries (e.g. the US) • Privacy implications 14

  15. G53SEC • GSM Summary: • GSM does not transmit secrets in the clear • Voice traffic encrypted over radio but not after base station • Some privacy protection through TMSI • but IMSI catchers exist to avoid TMSI • Law enforcement has access to recorded location data 15

  16. G53SEC • GSM Summary: • Criticism: • Cryptographic algorithms not made public • Unilateral authentication • Only mobile equipment authenticates to the network • Fraud: • Revenue flow attacked • Roaming fraud • Premium rate fraud 16

  17. G53SEC • 3GPP/UTMS: • Universal Mobile Telecommunications System • Next generation of GSM • Besides technical advancements, contains some security enhancements • Security architecture similar to GSM • Avoids IMSI Catchers • - Due to mutual authentication of mobile equipment to the network and vice versa 17

  18. G53SEC • 3GPP/UTMS: • Authentication • Support for mutual authentication • Privacy • Increased key sizes • Support for securing core network signalling data • Enhanced user identity confidentiality • Other • Integrity of signalling • Cryptographic algorithms made public 18

  19. G53SEC • Mobile IPv6: • GSM & UTMS have problems with access control due to lack of pre-established relationship • In IP if nodes move around: • - When IP address kept, data will not reach node at new location • - When IP address changes, communication has to be terminated and restarted • Mobile IP deals with these issues 19

  20. G53SEC • Mobile IPv6: • Mobile node has two addresses • permanent Home Address • Care of Address – associated with network the node is visiting • Addresses consist of location as well as interface identification 20

  21. G53SEC • Mobile IPv6: • Home agent – nodes with permanent address within agent's network • Foreign agent – nodes visiting network • When a node wants to communicate with another node, it uses its home address • Packets sent are intercepted by Home agent • Home agent uses care-of address advertised by Foreign Agent to communicate with destination node 21

  22. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • Wireless technology generally based on a set of standards called IEEE 802.11 • A number of standards (a,b,g,n) exist depending on speed and technological improvements • A number of security protocols proposed • WEP • WPA • WPA2 22

  23. G53SEC • WiFi: 23

  24. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • Wi-Fi Increasingly used at home and as part of businesses • New uses emerge frequently • City wide Wi-Fi • BT FON 24

  25. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • Many Issues: • Incorrectly setup Access Points • Encryption • Access control • Wi-Fi not included in security policies in many institutions • - Weak encryption standards used • - Rogue Access Points • - War-driving 25

  26. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • WEP • Key size a major security limitation • Algorithm is susceptible to a cryptanalysis attack • It uses the RC4 stream cipher algorithm • WEP allows certain packet parts to be reused • This allows attacker to obtain some known text • The rest is only a matter of statistical analysis 26

  27. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • WEP • Original attack required hours of collected data to successfully find encryption key • 2007 – WEP cracked under 60 seconds by researchers from Germany • WPA • A quick preliminary solution to WEP issues • However vulnerable to a password guessing attack 27

  28. G53SEC • Wi-Fi: • WPA2 • A complete redesign of WLAN security mechanisms • Stream cipher RC4 replaced by AES • but WPA2 requires new hardware • To Remember: • For Wi-Fi access points only use WPA2 or in worst case WPA • WEP is totally broken! 28

  29. G53SEC • Bluetooth: • Technology for wireless ad-hoc networks • For short range communications • e.g. for keyboards, headsets, etc.. • Contains cryptographic mechanism for traffic protection between devices • Application level attacks exist • Bluesnarf exploits flawed implementations of access control – retrieves personal information • Viruses are beginning to appear • http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-072007.html 29

  30. G53SEC • Summary: • Security in the Mobile environment • Current mobile technologies 30

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