Project Info
*Protecting Your Car From Relay Theft
Dejun Yang
djyang@mines.edu
Adopted by many car companies, such as Tesla, Lincoln, and BMW, phone-as-a-key technology allows users to unlock car doors without them reaching their pockets for keys as long as their smartphones are in vicinity of the car. However, it has been known that this technology is vulnerable to signal-relay attacks, e.g. this video (https://youtu.be/hj3ZRv9cMBw). Car thieves can relay the key signals and trick the car into thinking the smartphone is physically present. The goal of this project is to develop a device fingerprint-based technology to defend against relay attacks.
More Information:
Grand Challenge: Secure cyberspace
K. Joo, W. Choi, and D. H. Lee, “Hold the door! Fingerprinting your car key to prevent keyless entry car theft,” in Proc. Netw. Distrib. Syst. Secur. Symp., 2020, pp. 1–37.
J. Huang, W. Albazrqaoe, and G. Xing, "BlueID: A practical system for bluetooth device identification," IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), pp. 2849-2857, 2014.
Primary Contacts:
Dejun Yang
Student Preparation
Qualifications
Self-motivated
Good programming skills
Knowing or be willing to learn signal processing techniques
TIME COMMITMENT (HRS/WK)
5
SKILLS/TECHNIQUES GAINED
Basic signal processing techniques
Machine learning techniques
How to conduct research experiments
MENTORING PLAN
Monthly or weekly meeting
PREFERRED STUDENT STATUS
Sophomore
Junior
Senior