Location
Online
Event Website
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/
Start Date
3-1-2023 12:00 AM
End Date
7-1-2023 12:00 AM
Description
The 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.
Recommended Citation
Fitzgerald, Jonah; Mason, Thomas; Mulhair, Brian; and Glisson, William, "Exploiting a Contact Tracing App to Attack Neighboring Devices" (2023). Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023 (HICSS-56). 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-56/in/cybercrime/4
Exploiting a Contact Tracing App to Attack Neighboring Devices
Online
The 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.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-56/in/cybercrime/4