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Stealthy false data injection attacks on cyber-physical systems (CPSs) introduce erroneous measurement information to on-board sensors with the purpose to degrade system performance. An intelligent attacker is able to leverage knowledge of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Paul J Bonczek , Nicola Bezzo

Along with the development of intelligent manufacturing, especially with the high connectivity of the industrial control system (ICS), the network security of ICS becomes more important. And in recent years, there has been much research on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Yang Li , Shihao Wu , Quan Pan

On a regular basis, we read in the news about cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures, such as power plants. Such infrastructures rely on the so-called Industrial Control Systems (ICS) / Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Joao M. Ceron , Justyna J. Chromik , Jair Santanna , Aiko Pras

The electrical power network is a critical infrastructure in today's society, so its safe and reliable operation is of major concern. State estimators are commonly used in power networks, for example, to detect faulty equipment and to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-11-09 André Teixeira , György Dán , Henrik Sandberg , Karl H. Johansson

For industrial control systems (ICS), many existing defense solutions focus on detecting attacks only when they make the system behave anomalously. Instead, in this work, we study how to detect attackers who are still in their hiding phase.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Suman Sourav , Binbin Chen

This paper presents a study on detecting cyberattacks on industrial control systems (ICS) using unsupervised deep neural networks, specifically, convolutional neural networks. The study was performed on a SecureWater Treatment testbed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Moshe Kravchik , Asaf Shabtai

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are extensively used in critical infrastructures ensuring efficient, reliable, and continuous operations. However, their increasing connectivity and addition of advanced features make them vulnerable to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Christoforos Vasilatos , Dunia J. Mahboobeh , Hithem Lamri , Manaar Alam , Michail Maniatakos

Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) rely on insecure protocols and devices to monitor and operate critical infrastructure. Prior work has demonstrated that powerful attackers with detailed system knowledge can manipulate exchanged sensor data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Herson Esquivel-Vargas , John Henry Castellanos , Marco Caselli , Nils Ole Tippenhauer , Andreas Peter

Pipeline bursting, production lines shut down, frenzy traffic, trains confrontation, nuclear reactor shut down, disrupted electric supply, interrupted oxygen supply in ICU - these catastrophic events could result because of an erroneous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Geeta Yadav , Kolin Paul

In this work, we focus on analyzing vulnerability of nonlinear dynamical control systems to stealthy false data injection attacks on sensors. We start by defining the stealthiness notion in the most general form where an attack is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-10 Amir Khazraei , Miroslav Pajic

Industrial Control Networks (ICN) such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are widely used in industries for monitoring and controlling physical processes. These industries include power generation and supply, gas…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-14 Basem AL-Madani , Ahmad Shawahna , Mohammad Qureshi

The growing number of cyber-attacks against Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in recent years has elevated security concerns due to the potential catastrophic impact. Considering the complex nature of ICS, detecting a cyber-attack in them is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Sepideh Bahadoripour , Ethan MacDonald , Hadis Karimipour

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) integrate computing, physical processes, and communication to operate critical infrastructures such as power grids, water treatment plants, and oil and gas facilities. As ICS become increasingly targeted by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Eungyu Woo , Yooshin Kim , Wonje Heo , Donghoon Shin

This work focuses on validation of attack pattern mining in the context of Industrial Control System (ICS) security. A comprehensive security assessment of an ICS requires generating a large and variety of attack patterns. For this purpose…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Muhammad Azmi Umer , Chuadhry Mujeeb Ahmed , Aditya Mathur , Muhammad Taha Jilani

Industrial control systems (ICSs) are widely used in industry, and their security and stability are very important. Once the ICS is attacked, it may cause serious damage. Therefore, it is very important to detect anomalies in ICSs. ICS can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Dongyang Zhan , Wenqi Zhang , Lin Ye , Xiangzhan Yu , Hongli Zhang , Zheng He

Past attacks against industrial control systems (ICS) show that adversaries often target both the ICS network and the physical process to achieve potential catastrophic impact. To secure ICS, intrusion detection systems promise timely…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Stefan Lenz , Julia Raab , Benedikt Holzbach , Deniz Köller , Sotiris Michaelides , Martin Henze

In this paper, we propose an effective and easily deployable approach to detect the presence of stealthy sensor attacks in industrial control systems, where (legacy) control devices critically rely on accurate (and usually non-encrypted)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Suman Sourav , Binbin Chen

Due to the rise of Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) cyber-attacks in the recent decade, various security frameworks have been designed for anomaly detection. While advanced ICS attacks use sequential phases to launch their final attacks,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Zahra Jadidi , Ali Dorri , Raja Jurdak , Colin Fidge

Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) are increasingly deployed in stateless systems, such as autonomous driving and robotics. This paper investigates a novel threat: Semantic-Aware Hijacking. We explore the feasibility of hijacking…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Changyue Li , Jiaying Li , Youliang Yuan , Jiaming He , Zhicong Huang , Pinjia He

In modern energy systems, industrial control systems (ICS) and power-system SCADA require intrusion detection that is not only accurate but also auditable by operators. The ICS intrusion-detection landscape is currently dominated by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Weiyi Kong , Ahmad Mohammad Saber , Amr Youssef , Deepa Kundur