We examine the security of home smart locks: cyber-physical devices that replace traditional
door locks with deadbolts that can be electronically controlled by mobile devices or the lock …

Relay attacks generally occur between two entities that communicate with each other
through wireless means. When a relay attack between a honest prover and a honest verifier …

In this paper, we present a systematic survey on the contextual information based proximity
detection techniques. These techniques are heavily used for improving security and usability …

In location-sensitive applications, dishonest users may submit fake location claims to
illegally access a service or obtain benefit. To address this issue, a number of location proof …

Recently, there has been a rapid growth in location-based systems and applications in
which users submit their location information to service providers in order to gain access to a …

NFC and RFID are technologies that are more and more present in our life. These
technologies allow a tag to communicate without contact with a reader. In wireless …

Devices authentication is one crucial aspect of any communication system. Recently, the
physical layer approach radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting has gained increased interest as …

Over the past few decades, massive volumes of data in digital form have been generated,
collected, and published with the fast booming of high-performance computing devices and …

Provably secure distance-bounding is a rising subject, yet an unsettled one; indeed, very
few distance-bounding protocols, with formal security proofs, have been proposed. In fact, so …

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of location-based services and
applications. It is common for these applications to provide facilities or rewards for users who …