Position Falsification Detection in VANET with Consecutive BSM Approach using Machine Learning Algorithm

Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is an emerging technology for vehicle-to-vehicle communication vital for reducing road accidents and traffic congestion in an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). VANET communication is vulnerable to various attacks and cryptographic techniques are used for message integrity and authentication of vehicles in order to ensure security and privacy for vehicular communications. However, if there is an inside attacker additional measures are necessary to ensure the correctness of the transmitted data. A basic safety message (BSM) is broadcasted by each vehicle in the network periodically to transmit its status. Position falsification is an attack where the attacker broadcasts a false BSM position, leading to congestion or even accidents. It becomes imperative to detect and identify the attacker to ensure safety in the network. Although many trust-based models are researched in the past, this research proposes a feasible and efficient data-centric approach to detect malicious behavior, using machine learning (ML) algorithms.The proposed Machine Learning based misbehavior detection system utilizes labelled dataset called Vehicular Reference Misbehavior Dataset (VeReMi). VeReMi dataset offers five different types of position falsification attacks with different vehicle and attacker densities. This ML-based model uses two consecutive BSM approach to detect these attacks. Model classification on the Road-side Unit detects and could revoke malicious nodes from the network, reducing computational overhead on vehicles

Attack Classification and Detection for Misbehaving Vehicles using ML/DL

Vehicle ad hoc networks are a crucial component of the next Intelligent Transportation System created to build a reliable and secure connection between various network components to establish a safe and effective transportation network. Because of open nature of VANETs become vulnerable to numerous assaults such forgery, Denial-of-Service (DoS), and false reports, which can ultimately cause traffic jams or accidents The earlier study concentrated on misbehaving vehicles rather than RSUs. Proposed method integrates data from two subsequent BSMs for testing and training by employing machine learning (ML) methods. The framework merges the data from two BSMs in the right manner and utilizes machine learning/Deep learning methodology which identify the running vehicle as a legal or hostile one

Trust-based Approaches Towards Enhancing IoT Security: A Systematic Literature Review

The continuous rise in the adoption of emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) by businesses has brought unprecedented opportunities for innovation and growth. However, due to the distinct characteristics of these emerging IoT technologies like real-time data processing, Self-configuration, interoperability, and scalability, they have also introduced some unique cybersecurity challenges, such as malware attacks, advanced persistent threats (APTs), DoS /DDoS (Denial of Service & Distributed Denial of Service attacks) and insider threats. As a result of these challenges, there is an increased need for improved cybersecurity approaches and efficient management solutions to ensure the privacy and security of communication within IoT networks. One proposed security approach is the utilization of trust-based systems and is the focus of this study. This research paper presents a systematic literature review on the Trust-based cybersecurity security approaches for IoT. A total of 23 articles were identified that satisfy the review criteria. We highlighted the common trust-based mitigation techniques in existence for dealing with these threats and grouped them into three major categories, namely: Observation-Based, Knowledge-Based & Cluster-Based systems. Finally, several open issues were highlighted, and future research directions presented.Comment: 20 Pages, Conferenc

Neural Network Based Approach for Detecting Location Spoofing in Vehicular Communication

Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) is an evolving subset of MANET. It\u27s deployed on the roads, where vehicles act as mobile nodes. Active security and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) are integral applications of VANET, which require stable and uninterrupted vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology. VANET, is a type of wireless network, due to which it is quite prone to security attacks. Extremely dynamic connections, sensitive data sharing and time-sensitivity of this network make it a vulnerable to security attacks. The messages shared between the vehicles are the basic safety message (BSM), these messages are broadcasted by each vehicle in the network to report its status to the other vehicles and Road Side Unit (RSU). One common attack is to use position falsification to hamper the roadside safety, leading to road accidents and congestion. Identifying malicious nodes involved in such attacks is crucial to ensure safety in the network. The proposed research presents a neural network based approach for detecting position falsification attacks in VANET. The proposed Deep Learning-based detection of attackers is done using the dataset called Vehicular Reference Misbehavior Dataset (VeReMi). VeReMi dataset provides five classes of attackers, each broadcasting fabricated coordinates concerning the type. This MLP-based model uses resampled single BSM and two consecutive BSM to detect these attacks

Cyber security analysis of connected vehicles

\ua9 2024 The Authors. IET Intelligent Transport Systems published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.The sensor-enabled in-vehicle communication and infrastructure-centric vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications have significantly contributed to the spark in the amount of data exchange in the connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) environment. The growing vehicular communications pose a potential cyber security risk considering online vehicle hijacking. Therefore, there is a critical need to prioritize the cyber security issues in the CAV research theme. In this context, this paper presents a cyber security analysis of connected vehicle traffic environments (CyACV). Specifically, potential cyber security attacks in CAV are critically investigated and validated via experimental data sets. Trust in V2X communication for connected vehicles is explored in detail focusing on trust computation and trust management approaches and related challenges. A wide range of trust-based cyber security solutions for CAV have been critically investigated considering their strengths and weaknesses. Open research directions have been highlighted as potential new research themes in CAV cyber security area

Trust Management in the Internet of Everything

Digitalization is leading us towards a future where people, processes, data and things are not only interacting with each other, but might start forming societies on their own. In these dynamic systems enhanced by artificial intelligence, trust management on the level of human-to-machine as well as machine-to-machine interaction becomes an essential ingredient in supervising safe and secure progress of our digitalized future. This tutorial paper discusses the essential elements of trust management in complex digital ecosystems, guiding the reader through the definitions and core concepts of trust management. Furthermore, it explains how trust-building can be leveraged to support people in safe interaction with other (possibly autonomous) digital agents, as trust governance may allow the ecosystem to trigger an auto-immune response towards untrusted digital agents, protecting human safety.Comment: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Software Architecture-Companion Volum

Smart Grid Technologies in Europe: An Overview

The old electricity network infrastructure has proven to be inadequate, with respect to modern challenges such as alternative energy sources, electricity demand and energy saving policies. Moreover, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) seem to have reached an adequate level of reliability and flexibility in order to support a new concept of electricity network—the smart grid. In this work, we will analyse the state-of-the-art of smart grids, in their technical, management, security, and optimization aspects. We will also provide a brief overview of the regulatory aspects involved in the development of a smart grid, mainly from the viewpoint of the European Unio

A taxonomy and survey of cyber-physical intrusion detection approaches for vehicles

With the growing threat of cyber and cyber-physical attacks against automobiles, drones, ships, driverless pods and other vehicles, there is also a growing need for intrusion detection approaches that can facilitate defence against such threats. Vehicles tend to have limited processing resources and are energy-constrained. So, any security provision needs to abide by these limitations. At the same time, attacks against vehicles are very rare, often making knowledge-based intrusion detection systems less practical than behaviour-based ones, which is the reverse of what is seen in conventional computing systems. Furthermore, vehicle design and implementation can differ wildly between different types or different manufacturers, which can lead to intrusion detection designs that are vehicle-specific. Equally importantly, vehicles are practically defined by their ability to move, autonomously or not. Movement, as well as other physical manifestations of their operation may allow cyber security breaches to lead to physical damage, but can also be an opportunity for detection. For example, physical sensing can contribute to more accurate or more rapid intrusion detection through observation and analysis of physical manifestations of a security breach. This paper presents a classification and survey of intrusion detection systems designed and evaluated specifically on vehicles and networks of vehicles. Its aim is to help identify existing techniques that can be adopted in the industry, along with their advantages and disadvantages, as well as to identify gaps in the literature, which are attractive and highly meaningful areas of future research

Security aspects of communications in VANETs

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun and it promises breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence, robotics, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Digital Twin, and many other technologies that tackle advancements in the industries. The trend is headed towards automation and connectivity. In the automotive industry, advancements have been made towards integrating autonomous driving vehicles into Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) with the use of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs). The purpose of this type of network is to enable efficient communication between vehicles (V2V communication) or vehicles and infrastructure (V2I communication), to improve driving safety, to avoid traffic congestion, and to better coordinate transport networks. This direction towards limited (or lack of) human intervention implies vulnerability to cyber attacks. In this context, this paper provides a comprehensive classification of related state-of-the-art approaches following three key directions: 1) privacy, 2) authentication and 3) message integrity within VANETs. Discussions, challenges and open issues faced by the current and next generation of vehicular networks are also provided

Context-aware Security for Vehicles and Fleets: A Survey

Vehicles are becoming increasingly intelligent and connected. Interfaces for communication with the vehicle, such as WiFi and 5G, enable seamless integration into the user’s life, but also cyber attacks on the vehicle. Therefore, research is working on in-vehicle countermeasures such as authentication, access controls, or intrusion detection. Recently, legal regulations have also become effective that require automobile manufacturers to set up a monitoring system for fleet-wide security analysis. The growing amount of software, networking, and the automation of driving create new challenges for security. Context-awareness, situational understanding, adaptive security, and threat intelligence are necessary to cope with these ever-increasing risks. In-vehicle security should be adaptive to secure the car in an infinite number of (driving) situations. For fleet-wide analysis and alert triage, knowledge and understanding of the circumstances are required. Context-awareness, nonetheless, has been sparsely considered in the field of vehicle security. This work aims to be a precursor to context-aware, adaptive and intelligent security for vehicles and fleets. To this end, we provide a comprehensive literature review that analyzes the vehicular as well as related domains. Our survey is mainly characterized by the detailed analysis of the context information that is relevant for vehicle security in the future