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This work studies the modeling of false data injection attacks (FDIAs) in integrated electricity-gas systems (IEGSs). First, we introduce a static state estimation model and bad data detection method for IEGSs. Then, we develop FDIAs on…

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In the network security domain, due to practical issues -- including imbalanced data and heterogeneous legitimate network traffic -- adversarial attacks in machine learning-based NIDSs have been viewed as attack packets misclassified as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Mohammad Shamim Ahsan , Peng Liu

Data attacks on state estimation modify part of system measurements such that the tempered measurements cause incorrect system state estimates. Attack techniques proposed in the literature often require detailed knowledge of system…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-06-19 Jinsub Kim , Lang Tong , Robert J. Thomas

Smart grids are exposed to passive eavesdropping, where attackers listen silently to communication links. Although no data is actively altered, such reconnaissance can reveal grid topology, consumption patterns, and operational behavior,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Bochra Al Agha , Razane Tajeddine

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have gained popularity in various fields such as agriculture, emergency response, and search and rescue operations. UAV networks are susceptible to several security threats, such as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Keiwan Soltani , Federico Corò , Punyasha Chatterjee , Sajal K. Das

This paper addresses the problem of robust clock phase offset estimation for the IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) in the presence of delay attacks. Delay attacks are one of the most effective cyber attacks in PTP, as they cannot be…

Applications · Statistics 2016-11-17 Anantha K. Karthik , Rick S. Blum

False Data Injection (FDI) attacks against powersystem state estimation are a growing concern for operators.Previously, most works on FDI attacks have been performedunder the assumption of the attacker having full knowledge ofthe underlying…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-25 Martin Higgins , Jiawei Zhang , Ning Zhang , Fei Teng

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) can be effectively utilized for the monitoring and control of the power grid. As the cyber-world becomes increasingly embedded into power grids, the risks of this inevitable evolution become serious. In this…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-23 Ahmad F. Taha , Junjian Qi , Jianhui Wang , Jitesh H. Panchal

AES-128 encryption is theoretically secure but vulnerable in practical deployments due to timing and fault injection attacks on embedded systems. This work presents a lightweight dual-detection framework combining statistical thresholding…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Nishant Chinnasami , Rasha Karakchi

Meter measurements in the power grid are susceptible to manipulation by adversaries, that can lead to errors in state estimation. This paper presents a general framework to study attacks on state estimation by adversaries capable of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Deepjyoti Deka , Ross Baldick , Sriram Vishwanath

Smart grids are inherently susceptible to various types of malicious cyberattacks that have all been documented in the recent literature. Traditional cybersecurity research on power systems often utilizes simplified models that fail to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Abdallah Alalem Albustami , Ahmad F. Taha , Elias Bou-Harb

In this paper, we examine the factors that influence the success of false data injection (FDI) attacks in the context of both cyber and physical styles of reinforcement. Many works consider the FDI attack in the context of the ability to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-21 Martin Higgins , Wangkun Xu , Fei Teng , Thomas Parisini

Data injection attacks (DIAs) pose a significant cybersecurity threat to the Smart Grid by enabling an attacker to compromise the integrity of data acquisition and manipulate estimated states without triggering bad data detection…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Ke Sun , Iñaki Esnaola , H. Vincent Poor

This paper explores the detection and localization of cyber-attacks on time-series measurements data in power systems, focusing on comparing conventional machine learning (ML) like k-means, deep learning method like autoencoder, and graph…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Tianzhixi Yin , Syed Ahsan Raza Naqvi , Sai Pushpak Nandanoori , Soumya Kundu

We introduce an attack against encrypted web traffic that makes use only of packet timing information on the uplink. This attack is therefore impervious to existing packet padding defences. In addition, unlike existing approaches this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-12 Saman Feghhi , Douglas J. Leith

This paper studies physical consequences of unobservable false data injection (FDI) attacks designed only with information inside a sub-network of the power system. The goal of this attack is to overload a chosen target line without being…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-03 Jiazi Zhang , Zhigang Chu , Lalitha Sankar , Oliver Kosut

False Data Injection (FDI) attacks are a common form of Cyber-attack targetting smart grids. Detection of stealthy FDI attacks is impossible by the current bad data detection systems. Machine learning is one of the alternative methods…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Jacob Sakhnini , Hadis Karimipour , Ali Dehghantanha

GPUs are increasingly being used in security applications, especially for accelerating encryption/decryption. While GPUs are an attractive platform in terms of performance, the security of these devices raises a number of concerns. One…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-03 Elmira Karimi , Yunsi Fei , David Kaeli

The false data injection (FDI) attack cannot be detected by the traditional anomaly detection techniques used in the energy system state estimators. In this paper, we demonstrate how FDI attacks can be constructed blindly, i.e., without…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-05-23 Adnan Anwar , Abdun Naser Mahmood , Mark Pickering

Real-time cyber-physical systems depend on deterministic task execution to guarantee safety and correctness. Unfortunately, this determinism can unintentionally expose timing information that enables adversaries to infer task execution…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-04 Arkaprava Sain , Sunandan Adhikary , Soumyajit Dey