Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks

Georgios Kambourakis; Constantinos Kolias; Stefanos Gritzalis; Jong Hyuk-Park

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_29

Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks

Georgios Kambourakis, Constantinos Kolias, Stefanos Gritzalis, Jong Hyuk-Park

Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

University of the Aegean

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Abstract

The Universal Mobile Telecommunication Standard (UMTS) is the Third Generation (3G) mobile technology with the widest public acceptance. Although, enhanced in matters of security, comparing to its predecessor i.e., the GSM, it still has vulnerabilities that can lead to security breach. In this paper we investigate the vulnerabilities of the UMTS architecture that can be exploited by a malicious entity to launch Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. We examine the methodologies that an attacker would possibly follow, as well as the possible outcome of such class of attacks. We also give some suggestions that would provide greater tolerance to the system against DoS attacks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings
Pages	280-289
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_29
State	Published - 2009
Event	3rd International Conference on Information Security and Assurance, ISA 2009 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 25 Jun 2009 → 27 Jun 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	5576 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Information Security and Assurance, ISA 2009
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	25/06/09 → 27/06/09

Keywords

Denial of Service
Security
Signaling
UMTS

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Kambourakis, G., Kolias, C., Gritzalis, S., & Hyuk-Park, J. (2009). Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks. In Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings (pp. 280-289). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5576 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_29

Kambourakis, Georgios ; Kolias, Constantinos ; Gritzalis, Stefanos et al. / Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks. Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings. 2009. pp. 280-289 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Kambourakis, G, Kolias, C, Gritzalis, S & Hyuk-Park, J 2009, Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks. in Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 5576 LNCS, pp. 280-289, 3rd International Conference on Information Security and Assurance, ISA 2009, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 25/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_29

Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks. / Kambourakis, Georgios; Kolias, Constantinos; Gritzalis, Stefanos et al.
Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings. 2009. p. 280-289 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5576 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Kambourakis G, Kolias C, Gritzalis S, Hyuk-Park J. Signaling-oriented DoS attacks in UMTS networks. In Advances in Information Security and Assurance - Third International Conference and Workshops, ISA 2009, Proceedings. 2009. p. 280-289. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_29

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