Deepti  Sehrawat, Nasib  Singh Gill, 
    Analysis of Security Attacks on Lightweight Block
Ciphers and their Countermeasures,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 13,Issue 20,
    2018,
    Pages 8439-8447,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2018.8439.8447,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.8439.8447)
    Abstract: Internet of Things is a global network based architecture utilizing sensor networks for communication
between objects. Security and privacy are primary and essential requirements for network based application.
Lightweight cryptography works for smart IoT environment by providing lightweight ciphers as a security
solution. Cryptanalysis is another related field with the aim to explore cipher designs by revealing hidden
factors like key, state of cipher and plain/cipher text. For this an attacker applies different attacks on a cipher.
A cipher providing enough resistance against feasible attacks is considered as a good cipher. In lightweight
cryptography, a cipher has to be lightweight in terms of resources and simultaneously it must provide good
immunity against feasible attacks. This study summarizes various cryptographic attacks on lightweight block
ciphers. Analysis of the effects of various attacks in such a smart environment is also presented in this study
along with some countermeasures, so as to prevent from such attacks. This in turn, provides a sound
foundation for new researchers wishing to gain an insight into IoT security.
    Keywords: IoT architecture;attacks;security;RFID;IoT layers;key technologies;threats;security solutions