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Controller Area Networks (CANs) are the backbone for reliable intra-vehicular communication. Recent cyberattacks have, however, exposed the weaknesses of CAN, which was designed without any security considerations in the 1980s. Current…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Eric Wagner , Frederik Basels , Jan Bauer , Till Zimmermann , Klaus Wehrle , Martin Henze

The automobile industry is no longer relying on pure mechanical systems; instead, it benefits from advanced Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in order to provide new and complex functionalities in the effort to move toward fully connected…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Franco Oberti , Alessandro Savino , Ernesto Sanchez , Filippo Parisi , Stefano Di Carlo

With the development of autonomous vehicle technology, the controller area network (CAN) bus has become the de facto standard for an in-vehicle communication system because of its simplicity and efficiency. However, without any encryption…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Thien-Nu Hoang , Daehee Kim

Modern vehicles are increasingly vulnerable to attacks that exploit network infrastructures, particularly the Controller Area Network (CAN) networks. To effectively counter such threats using contemporary tools like Intrusion Detection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Sadek Misto Kirdi , Nicola Scarano , Franco Oberti , Luca Mannella , Stefano Di Carlo , Alessandro Savino

The network of services, including delivery, farming, and environmental monitoring, has experienced exponential expansion in the past decade with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Yet, UAVs are not robust enough against cyberattacks,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Reek Majumder , Gurcan Comert , David Werth , Adrian Gale , Mashrur Chowdhury , M Sabbir Salek

Increasing automation in vehicles enabled by increased connectivity to the outside world has exposed vulnerabilities in previously siloed automotive networks like controller area networks (CAN). Attributes of CAN such as broadcast-based…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Shashwat Khandelwal , Shreejith Shanker

The CAN Bus is crucial to the efficiency, and safety of modern vehicle infrastructure. Electronic Control Units (ECUs) exchange data across a shared bus, dropping messages whenever errors occur. If an ECU generates enough errors, their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Matthew Rogers , Kasper Rasmussen

Current research in the automotive domain has proven the limitations of the CAN protocol from a security standpoint. Application-layer attacks, which involve the creation of malicious packets, are deemed feasible from remote but can be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Alvise de Faveri Tron , Stefano Longari , Michele Carminati , Mario Polino , Stefano Zanero

Modern automotive functions are controlled by a large number of small computers called electronic control units (ECUs). These functions span from safety-critical autonomous driving to comfort and infotainment. ECUs communicate with one…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Ivo Zenden , Han Wang , Alfonso Iacovazzi , Arash Vahidi , Rolf Blom , Shahid Raza

Connected vehicles are threatened by cyber-attacks as in-vehicle networks technologically approach (mobile) LANs with several wireless interconnects to the outside world. Malware that infiltrates a car today faces potential victims of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Philipp Meyer , Timo Häckel , Sandra Reider , Franz Korf , Thomas C. Schmidt

This work focuses on eliminating timing-side channels in real-time safety-critical cyber-physical network protocols like Controller Area Networks (CAN). Automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs) implement predictable scheduling decisions…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Sunandan Adhikary , Ipsita Koley , Arkaprava Sain , Soumyadeep das , Shuvam Saha , Soumyajit Dey

In a modern vehicle, there are over seventy Electronics Control Units (ECUs). For an in-vehicle network, ECUs communicate with each other by following a standard communication protocol, such as Controller Area Network (CAN). However, an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Yi Li , Jing Lin , Kaiqi Xiong

Modern vehicles rely on electronic control units (ECUs) interconnected through the Controller Area Network (CAN), making in-vehicle communication a critical security concern. Machine learning (ML)-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Nirab Hossain , Pablo Moriano

Rising complexity of in-vehicle electronics is enabling new capabilities like autonomous driving and active safety. However, rising automation also increases risk of security threats which is compounded by lack of in-built security measures…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Shashwat Khandelwal , Eashan Wadhwa , Shreejith Shanker

As electronic systems become increasingly complex and prevalent in modern vehicles, securing onboard networks is crucial, particularly as many of these systems are safety-critical. Researchers have demonstrated that modern vehicles are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Chunheng Zhao , Stefano Longari , Michele Carminati , Pierluigi Pisu

The progress of automotive technologies has made cybersecurity a crucial focus, leading to various cyber attacks. These attacks primarily target the Controller Area Network (CAN) and specialized Electronic Control Units (ECUs). In order to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Yangyang Liu , Lei Xue , Sishan Wang , Xiapu Luo , Kaifa Zhao , Pengfei Jing , Xiaobo Ma , Yajuan Tang , Haiying Zhou

Various defense schemes --- which determine the presence of an attack on the in-vehicle network --- have recently been proposed. However, they fail to identify which Electronic Control Unit (ECU) actually mounted the attack. Clearly,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-08-29 Kyong-Tak Cho , Kang Shin

Attackers demonstrated the use of remote access to the in-vehicle network of connected vehicles to launch cyber-attacks and remotely take control of these vehicles. Machine-learning-based Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) techniques have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Mubark B Jedh , Jian Kai Lee , Lotfi ben Othmane

Modern vehicles are complex cyber-physical systems made of hundreds of electronic control units (ECUs) that communicate over controller area networks (CANs). This inherited complexity has expanded the CAN attack surface which is vulnerable…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-08 Deborah H. Blevins , Pablo Moriano , Robert A. Bridges , Miki E. Verma , Michael D. Iannacone , Samuel C Hollifield

In-vehicle communications are not designed for message exchange between the vehicles and outside systems originally. Thus, the security design of message protection is insufficient. Moreover, the internal devices do not have enough…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-29 Donghyun Yu , Ruei-Hau Hsu , Jemin Lee