Mtetwa, NSTarwireyi, PAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIAdigun, MO2020-04-232020-04-232019-11Mtetwa, N.S. et al. 2019. Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey. IEEE International Multidisciplinary Information Technology and Engineering Conference (IMITEC) 2019, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 21-22 November 2019978-1-5386-7975-3978-1-5386-7976-0https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8726545DOI: 10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11425Copyright: 2019 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the postprint version of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8726545The Internet of things is an infrastructure of connected things (sensors, refrigerators, smart phones, etc.) which is changing the way we live, play, work, communicate and conduct business. Even though these things have such great impact in our lives, they are susceptible to security issues and vulnerabilities, which often result in negative consequences such as loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability. Hence, some users are still skeptical about the use of IoT. This paper explores the security problems that arise due to IoT device firmware updatability. New vulnerabilities are uncovered all of the time. If a device is non-upgradeable, then the vulnerability will exist for the rest of the device’s lifetime. As a countermeasure, it is imperative to design security measures to enable automatic update of IoT devices. This paper focuses on current research work based on IoT firmware updates with the aim of highlighting issues related with security of firmware updates. It specifically focuses on the security challenges that face lowend IoT devices and Low-power Wide Area Networks.enFirmwareInternet of ThingsIoTLPWANLow-end devicesConference PresentationMtetwa, N., Tarwireyi, P., Abu-Mahfouz, A. M., & Adigun, M. (2019). Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11425Mtetwa, NS, P Tarwireyi, Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz, and MO Adigun. "Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11425Mtetwa N, Tarwireyi P, Abu-Mahfouz AM, Adigun M, Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey; IEEE; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11425 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Mtetwa, NS AU - Tarwireyi, P AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AU - Adigun, MO AB - The Internet of things is an infrastructure of connected things (sensors, refrigerators, smart phones, etc.) which is changing the way we live, play, work, communicate and conduct business. Even though these things have such great impact in our lives, they are susceptible to security issues and vulnerabilities, which often result in negative consequences such as loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability. Hence, some users are still skeptical about the use of IoT. This paper explores the security problems that arise due to IoT device firmware updatability. New vulnerabilities are uncovered all of the time. If a device is non-upgradeable, then the vulnerability will exist for the rest of the device’s lifetime. As a countermeasure, it is imperative to design security measures to enable automatic update of IoT devices. This paper focuses on current research work based on IoT firmware updates with the aim of highlighting issues related with security of firmware updates. It specifically focuses on the security challenges that face lowend IoT devices and Low-power Wide Area Networks. DA - 2019-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Firmware KW - Internet of Things KW - IoT KW - LPWAN KW - Low-end devices LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 978-1-5386-7975-3 SM - 978-1-5386-7976-0 T1 - Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey TI - Secure firmware updates in the Internet of Things: A survey UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11425 ER -