A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure

Changhee Hahn; Hyunsoo Kwon; Daeyoung Kim; Kyungtae Kang; Junbeom Hur

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07782-6_56

A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure

Changhee Hahn, Hyunsoo Kwon, Daeyoung Kim, Kyungtae Kang, Junbeom Hur

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Abstract

Mobile telephony device is widely used these days. Protecting subscribers privacy is crucial and can be achieved by evading linkability of subscribers by malicious third parties. In this paper, we analyze the privacy-related security properties of 4th generation mobile telephony, especially LTE. We suggest an attack model which makes it possible to trace a victim’s mobile device so that the attacker can know the presence of the victim’s device in a specific area. Tracking subscribers’ location by unauthorized third parties may violate the privacy of subscribers. To solve this problem, we propose a modified authentication protocol in LTE to preserve location privacy of the device. Considering security level and efficiency, we build our scheme to have low computational overhead and strong secrecy. Also we prove that the proposed scheme satisfies unlinkability property using the automatic verification tool ProVerif.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Zhipeng Cai, Chaokun Wang, Siyao Cheng, Hongzhi Wang, Hong Gao
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	624-635
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319077819
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07782-6_56
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA 2014 - Harbin, China Duration: 2014 Jun 23 → 2014 Jun 25

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8491
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA 2014
Country/Territory	China
City	Harbin
Period	14/6/23 → 14/6/25

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.

Keywords

Authentication
LTE
Location privacy
Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Hahn, C., Kwon, H., Kim, D., Kang, K., & Hur, J. (2014). A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure. In Z. Cai, C. Wang, S. Cheng, H. Wang, & H. Gao (Eds.), Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings (pp. 624-635). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8491). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07782-6_56

A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure. / Hahn, Changhee; Kwon, Hyunsoo; Kim, Daeyoung et al.
Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Zhipeng Cai; Chaokun Wang; Siyao Cheng; Hongzhi Wang; Hong Gao. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 624-635 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8491).

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

Hahn, C, Kwon, H, Kim, D, Kang, K & Hur, J 2014, A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure. in Z Cai, C Wang, S Cheng, H Wang & H Gao (eds), Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8491, Springer Verlag, pp. 624-635, 9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA 2014, Harbin, China, 14/6/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07782-6_56

Hahn C, Kwon H, Kim D, Kang K, Hur J. A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure. In Cai Z, Wang C, Cheng S, Wang H, Gao H, editors, Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 624-635. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07782-6_56

Hahn, Changhee ; Kwon, Hyunsoo ; Kim, Daeyoung et al. / A privacy threat in 4th generation mobile telephony and its countermeasure. Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings. editor / Zhipeng Cai ; Chaokun Wang ; Siyao Cheng ; Hongzhi Wang ; Hong Gao. Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 624-635 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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