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Progression and Challenges of IoT in Healthcare: A Short Review
Smart healthcare, an integral element of connected living, plays a pivotal
role in fulfilling a fundamental human need. The burgeoning field of smart
healthcare is poised to generate substantial revenue in the foreseeable future.
Its multifaceted framework encompasses vital components such as the Internet of
Things (IoT), medical sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), edge and cloud
computing, as well as next-generation wireless communication technologies. Many
research papers discuss smart healthcare and healthcare more broadly. Numerous
nations have strategically deployed the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
alongside other measures to combat the propagation of COVID-19. This combined
effort has not only enhanced the safety of frontline healthcare workers but has
also augmented the overall efficacy in managing the pandemic, subsequently
reducing its impact on human lives and mortality rates. Remarkable strides have
been made in both applications and technology within the IoMT domain. However,
it is imperative to acknowledge that this technological advancement has
introduced certain challenges, particularly in the realm of security. The rapid
and extensive adoption of IoMT worldwide has magnified issues related to
security and privacy. These encompass a spectrum of concerns, ranging from
replay attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, impersonation, privileged insider
threats, remote hijacking, password guessing, and denial of service (DoS)
attacks, to malware incursions. In this comprehensive review, we undertake a
comparative analysis of existing strategies designed for the detection and
prevention of malware in IoT environments.Comment: 7 page
IoMT Malware Detection Approaches: Analysis and Research Challenges
The advancement in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has changed the entire paradigm of computing. Because of such advancement, we have new types of computing and communication environments, for example, Internet of Things (IoT) that is a collection of smart IoT devices. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is a specific type of IoT communication environment which deals with communication through the smart healthcare (medical) devices. Though IoT communication environment facilitates and supports our day-to-day activities, but at the same time it has also certain drawbacks as it suffers from several security and privacy issues, such as replay, man-in-the-middle, impersonation, privileged-insider, remote hijacking, password guessing and denial of service (DoS) attacks, and malware attacks. Among these attacks, the attacks which are performed through the malware botnet (i.e., Mirai) are the malignant attacks. The existence of malware botnets leads to attacks on confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability of the data and other resources of the system. In presence of such attacks, the sensitive data of IoT communication may be disclosed, altered or even may not be available to the authorized users. Therefore, it becomes essential to protect the IoT/IoMT environment from malware attacks. In this review paper, we first perform the study of various types of malware attacks, and their symptoms. We also discuss some architectures of IoT environment along with their applications. Next, a taxonomy of security protocols in IoT environment is provided. Moreover, we conduct a comparative study on various existing schemes for malware detection and prevention in IoT environment. Finally, some future research challenges and directions of malware detection in IoT/IoMT environment are highlighted