Security issues and attacks in wireless sensor network

• Main Authors: Bakhtiari, Majid, Zainal, Anazida, Abdullah, Abdul Hanan, Anwar, Raja Waseem, Qureshi, Kashif Naseer
• Format: Article
• Published: International Digital Organization for Scientific Information 2014
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62534/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/idosi.wasj.2014.30.10.334

Wireless sensor network is one of the most growing technology for sensing and performing the different tasks. Such networks are beneficial in many fields, such as emergencies, health monitoring, environmental control, military, industries and these networks prone to malicious users' and physical attacks due to radio range of network, un-trusted transmission, unattended nature and get access easily. Security is a fundamental requirement for these networks. In this paper, our center of attention is on physical attacks and issues in wireless sensor networks. Through this review, easily identify the purpose and capabilities of the attackers. Further, we discuss well-known approaches of security detection against physical attacks.