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Mind the GAP: Security & Privacy Risks of Contact Tracing Apps

Baumgärtner, Lars ; Dmitrienko, Alexandra ; Freisleben, Bernd ; Gruler, Alexander ; Höchst, Jonas ; Kühlberg, Joshua ; Mezini, Mira ; Mitev, Richard ; Miettinen, Markus ; Muhamedagic, Anel ; Nguyen, Thien Duc ; Penning, Alvar ; Pustelnik, Frederik ; Roos, Filipp ; Sadeghi, Ahmad-Reza ; Schwarz, Michael ; Uhl, Christian (2020):
Mind the GAP: Security & Privacy Risks of Contact Tracing Apps.
In: Proceedings : 2020 IEEE 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, pp. 458-467,
IEEE, TrustCom 2020, virtual Conference, 29.12.2020-01.01.2021, ISBN 978-0-7381-4380-4,
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Abstract

Google and Apple have jointly provided an API for exposure notification in order to implement decentralized contract tracing apps using Bluetooth Low Energy, the so-called "Google/Apple Proposal", which we abbreviate by "GAP". We demonstrate that in real-world scenarios the current GAP design is vulnerable to (i) profiling and possibly de-anonymizing infected persons, and (ii) relay-based wormhole attacks that basically can generate fake contacts with the potential of affecting the accuracy of an app-based contact tracing system. For both types of attack, we have built tools that can easily be used on mobile phones or Raspberry Pis (e.g., Bluetooth sniffers). The goal of our work is to perform a reality check towards possibly providing empirical real-world evidence for these two privacy and security risks. We hope that our findings provide valuable input for developing secure and privacy-preserving digital contact tracing systems.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
Erschienen: 2020
Creators: Baumgärtner, Lars ; Dmitrienko, Alexandra ; Freisleben, Bernd ; Gruler, Alexander ; Höchst, Jonas ; Kühlberg, Joshua ; Mezini, Mira ; Mitev, Richard ; Miettinen, Markus ; Muhamedagic, Anel ; Nguyen, Thien Duc ; Penning, Alvar ; Pustelnik, Frederik ; Roos, Filipp ; Sadeghi, Ahmad-Reza ; Schwarz, Michael ; Uhl, Christian
Title: Mind the GAP: Security & Privacy Risks of Contact Tracing Apps
Language: English
Abstract:

Google and Apple have jointly provided an API for exposure notification in order to implement decentralized contract tracing apps using Bluetooth Low Energy, the so-called "Google/Apple Proposal", which we abbreviate by "GAP". We demonstrate that in real-world scenarios the current GAP design is vulnerable to (i) profiling and possibly de-anonymizing infected persons, and (ii) relay-based wormhole attacks that basically can generate fake contacts with the potential of affecting the accuracy of an app-based contact tracing system. For both types of attack, we have built tools that can easily be used on mobile phones or Raspberry Pis (e.g., Bluetooth sniffers). The goal of our work is to perform a reality check towards possibly providing empirical real-world evidence for these two privacy and security risks. We hope that our findings provide valuable input for developing secure and privacy-preserving digital contact tracing systems.

Book Title: Proceedings : 2020 IEEE 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications
Publisher: IEEE
ISBN: 978-0-7381-4380-4
Uncontrolled Keywords: contact tracing
Divisions: 20 Department of Computer Science
20 Department of Computer Science > System Security Lab
DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio)
DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres
Profile Areas
Profile Areas > Cybersecurity (CYSEC)
DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1119: CROSSING – Cryptography-Based Security Solutions: Enabling Trust in New and Next Generation Computing Environments
Event Title: TrustCom 2020
Event Location: virtual Conference
Event Dates: 29.12.2020-01.01.2021
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2021 15:16
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