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Security in Ubiquitous Computing Environment: Vulnerabilities, Attacks and Defenses

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Ubiquitous Computing and Computing Security of IoT

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Ubiquitous computing is a computing paradigm, which enables computing to be appear everywhere using any device, in any location and any format. It includes resource constrained mobile and wearable devices, where computations are embedded in the environment (everyday artefacts). Those devices are connected to each other using infrastructure-based as well as mobile ad hoc networks. Due to the, resource constraints and limited internet connectivity the traditional security mechanisms such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Server centric authentication, are not used in ubiquitous computing. However, to enjoy the numerous benefits offered by this computing paradigm, we must address the security issues related to this computing. In this chapter, we discuss security issue such as location privacy, Authentication and device pairing and RFID. The major part of this chapter is intended to discuss the security challenges: Vulnerabilities, attacks and possible solutions in the Ubiquitous Computing environment.

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  1. Department of CSE, JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, India

    C. Shoba Bindu

  2. Department of CSE, JNT University, Anantapur, India

    C. Sasikala

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  1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    N. Jeyanthi

  2. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (Mir Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

    Ajith Abraham

  3. Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

    Hamid Mcheick

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Shoba Bindu, C., Sasikala, C. (2019). Security in Ubiquitous Computing Environment: Vulnerabilities, Attacks and Defenses. In: Jeyanthi, N., Abraham, A., Mcheick, H. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing and Computing Security of IoT. Studies in Big Data, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01566-4_5

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