Detection of security threats in a mesh network

An apparatus for detecting a security threat in a wireless mesh network, comprising:

• at least one hardware processor of a monitoring device in the wireless mesh network configured to:
• detect a first message transmitted by a source node in the wireless mesh network to a destination node in the wireless mesh network via at least one relay node in the wireless mesh network and the monitoring device is separate from the destination node,
• wherein the monitoring device sniffs messages as they are being transmitted between the source node and destination mode in the wireless mesh network;
• collect information from the first message as it is transmitted in the wireless mesh network by directly collecting the information while listening to the first message as it is transmitted from the source node to the destination node over the wireless mesh network;
• determine that the first message has been corrupted based on analysis of the information from the first message;
• and
• detect the security threat in the wireless mesh network based on the first message being corrupted.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions when executed by a hardware processor for detecting a security threat in a wireless mesh network, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

• at least one instruction instructing a monitoring device in the wireless mesh network to detect a first message transmitted by a source node in the wireless mesh network to a destination node in the wireless mesh network via at least one relay node in the wireless mesh network and the monitoring device is separate from the destination node,
• wherein the monitoring device sniffs messages as they are being transmitted between the source node and destination mode in the wireless mesh network;
• at least one instruction instructing the monitoring device to collect information from the first message as it is transmitted in the wireless mesh network by directly collecting the information while listening to the first message as it is transmitted from the source node to the destination node over the wireless mesh network;
• at least one instruction instructing the monitoring device to determine that the first message has been corrupted based on analysis of the information from the first message;
• and
• at least one instruction instructing the monitoring device to detect the security threat in the wireless mesh network based on the first message being corrupted.

An apparatus for detecting a security threat in a wireless mesh network, comprising:

• means for processing of a monitoring device in the wireless mesh network configured to:
• detect a first message transmitted by a source node in the wireless mesh network to a destination node in the wireless mesh network via at least one relay node in the wireless mesh network and the monitoring device is separate from the destination device,
• wherein the monitoring device sniffs messages as they are being transmitted between the source node and destination mode in the wireless mesh network;
• collect information from the first message as it is transmitted in the wireless mesh network by directly collecting the information while listening to the first message as it is transmitted from the source device to the destination device over the wireless mesh network;
• determine that the first message has been corrupted based on analysis of the information from the first message;
• and detect the security threat in the wireless mesh network based on the first message being corrupted.