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This article studies a problem of strategic network inspection, in which a defender (agency) is tasked with detecting the presence of multiple attacks in the network. An inspection strategy entails monitoring the network components,…

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This work considers the problem of designing an attack strategy on remote state estimation under the condition of strict stealthiness and $\epsilon$-stealthiness of the attack. An attacker is assumed to be able to launch a linear attack to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Hanxiao Liu , Yuqing Ni , Lihua Xie , Karl Henrik Johansson

Machine learning models are vulnerable to simple model stealing attacks if the adversary can obtain output labels for chosen inputs. To protect against these attacks, it has been proposed to limit the information provided to the adversary…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-14 Taesung Lee , Benjamin Edwards , Ian Molloy , Dong Su

The evolution of the traditional power system towards the modern smart grid has posed many new cybersecurity challenges to this critical infrastructure. One of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats is the False Data Injection (FDI)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Nam N. Tran , Hemanshu R. Pota , Quang N. Tran , Xuefei Yin , Jiankun Hu

In this paper, a novel linear algorithm is proposed for state estimation including bad data detection of power systems that are monitored both by conventional and synchrophasor measurements. Both types of data are treated simultaneously and…

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Adversarial examples threaten the integrity of machine learning systems with alarming success rates even under constrained black-box conditions. Stateful defenses have emerged as an effective countermeasure, detecting potential attacks by…

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Building advanced machine learning (ML) models requires expert knowledge and many trials to discover the best architecture and hyperparameter settings. Previous work demonstrates that model information can be leveraged to assist other…

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The increasing reliance of drivers on navigation applications has made transportation networks more susceptible to data-manipulation attacks by malicious actors. Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities in the data collection or processing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Taha Eghtesad , Sirui Li , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik , Aron Laszka

As power systems evolve with increased integration of renewable energy sources, they become more complex and vulnerable to both cyber and physical threats. This study validates a centralized Dynamic State Estimation (DSE) algorithm designed…

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Applications of cyber technologies improve the quality of monitoring and decision making in smart grid. These cyber technologies are vulnerable to malicious attacks, and compromising them can have serious technical and economical problems.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Mohammad Esmalifalak , Ge Shi , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song

The problem of mitigating maliciously injected signals in interconnected systems is dealt with in this paper. We consider the class of covert attacks, as they are stealthy and cannot be detected by conventional means in centralized…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Angelo Barboni , Thomas Parisini

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are susceptible to model stealing attacks, which allows a data-limited adversary with no knowledge of the training dataset to clone the functionality of a target model, just by using black-box query access. Such…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-11-19 Sanjay Kariyappa , Moinuddin K Qureshi

This paper examines how moving target defences (MTD) implemented in power systems can be countered by unsupervised learning-based false data injection (FDI) attack and how MTD can be combined with physical watermarking to enhance the system…

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In order to identify the extent to which results from topological graph models are useful for modeling vulnerability in electricity infrastructure, we measure the susceptibility of power networks to random failures and directed attacks…

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Distribution network topology detection and state estimation in real-time are critical for modern distribution systems management and control. However, number of sensors in distribution networks are limited and communication links between…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Zahra Soltani , Mojdeh Khorsand

Data-driven techniques are used in cyber-physical systems (CPS) for controlling autonomous vehicles, handling demand responses for energy management, and modeling human physiology for medical devices. These data-driven techniques extract…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Sangdon Park , James Weimer , Insup Lee

In the last years, Deep Learning technology has been proposed in different fields, bringing many advances in each of them, but identifying new threats in these solutions regarding cybersecurity. Those implemented models have brought several…

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Smart Grid (SG) research and development has drawn much attention from academia, industry and government due to the great impact it will have on society, economics and the environment. Securing the SG is a considerably significant challenge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Allen Starke , Keerthiraj Nagaraj , Cody Ruben , Nader Aljohani , Sheng Zou , Arturo Bretas , Janise McNair , Alina Zare

This paper introduces a novel, fully distributed control framework for DC microgrids, enhancing resilience against exponentially unbounded false data injection (EU-FDI) attacks. Our framework features a consensus-based secondary control for…

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