Heuristics-based identification of IoT (internet of things) attacks in Wi-fi

1. A computer-implemented method, in an access point of a data communication network, for heuristics-based identification of IoT (Internet of Things) attacks in wireless communication from data, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting beacons for setting-up a wireless communication connection with an IoT device utilizing a BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier);

wherein the IoT device comprises a non-computerized physical device that is retrofitted for a network presence;

detecting wireless communication frames transmitted from the IoT device to the access point over a window of time;

applying a heuristic analysis to identify whether the IoT device is malicious by:

processing the wireless communication frames to expose IoT application data from the wireless communication frame over the time window in conjunction with a wireless communication controller having network-wide visibility of the IoT device interactions from at least one other access point;

identifying deviations in the IoT application data to detect malicious activity from the IoT device by comparing the IoT application data from at least a first time and a second time within the time window at least partially based on the network-wide visibility of the IoT device interactions from the at least one other access point; and

responsive to the IoT application data comparison detecting a malicious activity from the IoT device, performing a network security action in reference to the IoT device, the network security action to prevent the malicious activity.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

comparing the IoT application data to a range of expected IoT application data.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprises: receiving input from the wireless communication controller for the deviation identification.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IoT device is indirectly connected to a network with a passive RF tag.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IoT device comprises a conventional computer networking device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the malicious activity sent from the IoT device is being sent outside of a local access network.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing source code that, when executed by a processor, performs a method in an access point of a data communication network, for heuristics-based identification of IoT attacks in wireless communication from data, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting beacons for setting-up a wireless communication connection with an IoT device utilizing a BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier);

wherein the IoT device comprises a non-computerized physical device that is retrofitted for a network presence;

detecting wireless communication frames transmitted from the IoT device to the access point over a window of time;

applying a heuristic analysis to identify whether the IoT device is malicious by:

processing the wireless communication frames to expose IoT application data from the wireless communication frame over the time window in conjunction with a wireless communication controller having network-wide visibility of the IoT device interactions from at least one other access point;

identifying deviations in the IoT application data to detect malicious activity from the IoT device by comparing the IoT application data from at least a first time and a second time within the time window at least partially based on the network-wide visibility of the IoT device interactions from the at least one other access point; and

responsive to the IoT application data comparison detecting a malicious activity from the IoT device, performing a network security action in reference to the IoT device, the network security action to prevent the malicious activity.