Exploiting a Contact Tracing App to Attack Neighboring Devices

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dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Jonah
dc.contributor.authorMason, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMulhair, Brian
dc.contributor.authorGlisson, William
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:09:17Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:09:17Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractThe recent pandemic fosters an increasing dependency on various forms of digital communications that support social distancing. To mitigate widespread exposure to COVID, the Louisiana Department of Health’s COVID Defense contact tracing application helps users learn about potential exposures to infected individuals. This research investigates the viability of using the Louisiana Department of Health’s COVID Defense application symptoms share feature as an attack vector. The primary contribution of this research is an initial assessment of the effective modification and distribution of packaged JSON files to contain malicious behavior. Secondly, it highlights the effectiveness of this attack through email, WIFI direct, and nearby share.
dc.format.extent10
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.445
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.other7619427c-ecb9-4526-9aec-9cc7ea65216a
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103076
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCybercrime
dc.subjectapplication
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectmobile
dc.subjectphishing
dc.subjectsecurity
dc.titleExploiting a Contact Tracing App to Attack Neighboring Devices
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