Noncooperative 802.11 MAC Layer Fingerprinting and Tracking of Mobile Devices
Joint Authors
Robyns, Pieter
Bonné, Bram
Quax, Peter
Lamotte, Wim
Source
Security and Communication Networks
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-21, 21 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-05-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
We present two novel noncooperative MAC layer fingerprinting and tracking techniques for Wi-Fi (802.11) enabled mobile devices.
Our first technique demonstrates how a per-bit entropy analysis of a single captured frame allows an adversary to construct a fingerprint of the transmitter that is 80.0 to 67.6 percent unique for 50 to 100 observed devices and 33.0 to 15.1 percent unique for 1,000 to 10,000 observed devices.
We show how existing mitigation strategies such as MAC address randomization can be circumvented using only this fingerprint and temporal information.
Our second technique leverages peer-to-peer 802.11u Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) requests and 802.11e Block Acknowledgement (BA) requests to instigate transmissions on demand from devices that support these protocols.
We validate these techniques using two datasets, one of which was recorded at a music festival containing 28,048 unique devices and the other at our research lab containing 138 unique devices.
Finally, we discuss a number of countermeasures that can be put in place by mobile device vendors in order to prevent noncooperative tracking through the discussed techniques.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Robyns, Pieter& Bonné, Bram& Quax, Peter& Lamotte, Wim. 2017. Noncooperative 802.11 MAC Layer Fingerprinting and Tracking of Mobile Devices. Security and Communication Networks،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203034
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Robyns, Pieter…[et al.]. Noncooperative 802.11 MAC Layer Fingerprinting and Tracking of Mobile Devices. Security and Communication Networks No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203034
American Medical Association (AMA)
Robyns, Pieter& Bonné, Bram& Quax, Peter& Lamotte, Wim. Noncooperative 802.11 MAC Layer Fingerprinting and Tracking of Mobile Devices. Security and Communication Networks. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203034
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1203034