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most citedSatellite-Based Communications Security: A Survey of Threats, Solutions, and Research Challenges

179 citations · 527 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

cs.CR2026

Where You Tap Matters: A Probe-and-Model Benchmark for Open-Set RF Fingerprinting

Gabriele Oligeri, Savio Sciancalepore, Ingrid Huso +1

Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification (RFFI) enables transmitter identification at the physical layer by learning device-specific impairments from received signals, yet the li…

cs.CR2026

The Chronicles of Radio Frequency Fingerprinting

Abdul Aziz, Ingrid Huso, Savio Sciancalepore +1

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) has evolved from an early idea for radar emitter identification into a broad research field for wireless device identification and spectrum mon…

cs.CR2026

MeshGuard: MUD-Based Network Access Control for Large-Scale Thread-Powered IoT Networks

Dominik Roy George, Wouter van Hoof, Habib Mostafaei +1

The IETF standard Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) enables manufacturers to equip IoT devices with certified URLs that provide traffic profiles for those devices, helping admin…

cs.CR2026

FIDEM: A Standard-Compliant Framework for Secure Binding of MUD Profiles to IoT Devices

Alessandro Lotto, Savio Sciancalepore, Alessandro Brighente +1

The Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) enables enforcement of network restrictions for IoT devices based on their expected network traffic, as specified by manufacturers in a MUD…

cs.CR2025

Weak-Jamming Detection in IEEE 802.11 Networks: Techniques, Scenarios and Mobility

Martijn Hanegraaf, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

State-of-the-art solutions detect jamming attacks ex-post, i.e., only when jamming has already disrupted the wireless communication link. In many scenarios, e.g., mobile networks o…

cs.CR2025

Cyber Spectrum Intelligence: Security Applications, Challenges and Road Ahead

Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

Cyber Spectrum Intelligence (SpecInt) is emerging as a concept that extends beyond basic {\em spectrum sensing} and {\em signal intelligence} to encompass a broader set of capabili…

cs.CR2024

Detection of Aerial Spoofing Attacks to LEO Satellite Systems via Deep Learning

Jos Wigchert, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

Detecting spoofing attacks to Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite systems is a cornerstone to assessing the authenticity of the received information and guaranteeing robust service del…

cs.CR2024

HidePrint: Protecting Device Anonymity by Obscuring Radio Fingerprints

Gabriele Oligeri, Savio Sciancalepore

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques allow a receiver to authenticate a transmitter by analyzing the physical layer of the radio spectrum. Although the vast majority of…

cs.CR2024

On the Reliability of Radio Frequency Fingerprinting

Muhammad Irfan, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) offers a unique method for identifying devices at the physical (PHY) layer based on their RF emissions due to intrinsic hardware differences. N…

cs.CR2024★ 2 cited

Obfuscated Location Disclosure for Remote ID Enabled Drones

Alessandro Brighente, Mauro Conti, Matthijs Schotsman +1

The Remote ID (RID) regulation recently introduced by several aviation authorities worldwide (including the US and EU) forces commercial drones to regularly (max. every second) bro…

cs.CR2024

Preventing Radio Fingerprinting through Low-Power Jamming

Muhammad Irfan, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

Radio Frequency fingerprinting enables a passive receiver to recognize and authenticate a transmitter without the need for cryptographic tools. Authentication is achieved by isolat…

cs.CR2023

Watch Nearby! Privacy Analysis of the People Nearby Service of Telegram

Maurantonio Caprolu, Savio Sciancalepore, Aleksandar Grigorov +2

People Nearby is a service offered by Telegram that allows a user to discover other Telegram users, based only on geographical proximity. Nearby users are reported with a rough est…

cs.CR2023★ 21 cited

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting via Deep Learning: Challenges and Opportunities

Saeif Al-Hazbi, Ahmed Hussain, Savio Sciancalepore +2

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques promise to authenticate wireless devices at the physical layer based on inherent hardware imperfections introduced during manufactur…

cs.CR2023

Jamming Detection in Low-BER Mobile Indoor Scenarios via Deep Learning

Savio Sciancalepore, Fabrice Kusters, Nada Khaled Abdelhadi +1

The current state of the art on jamming detection relies on link-layer metrics. A few examples are the bit-error-rate (BER), the packet delivery ratio, the throughput, and the incr…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

The Day-After-Tomorrow: On the Performance of Radio Fingerprinting over Time

Saeif Alhazbi, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri

The performance of Radio Frequency (RF) Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques is negatively impacted when the training data is not temporally close to the testing data. This can limit th…

cs.CR2022★ 29 cited

-- Anonymous Direct Authentication and Remote Identification of Commercial Drones

Eva Wisse, Pietro Tedeschi, Savio Sciancalepore +1

The recent worldwide introduction of RemoteID (RID) regulations forces all Unmanned Aircrafts (UAs), a.k.a. drones, to broadcast in plaintext on the wireless channel their identity…

cs.CR2022★ 2 cited

Hide and Seek -- Preserving Location Privacy and Utility in the Remote Identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Alessandro Brighente, Mauro Conti, Savio Sciancalepore

Due to the frequent unauthorized access by commercial drones to Critical Infrastructures (CIs) such as airports and oil refineries, the US-based Federal Avionics Administration (FA…

cs.CR2021★ 179 cited

Satellite-Based Communications Security: A Survey of Threats, Solutions, and Research Challenges

Pietro Tedeschi, Savio Sciancalepore, Roberto Di Pietro

Satellite-based Communication systems are gaining renewed momentum in Industry and Academia, thanks to innovative services introduced by leading tech companies and the promising im…

cs.CR2020★ 5 cited

PAST-AI: Physical-layer Authentication of Satellite Transmitters via Deep Learning

Gabriele Oligeri, Simone Raponi, Savio Sciancalepore +1

Physical-layer security is regaining traction in the research community, due to the performance boost introduced by deep learning classification algorithms. This is particularly tr…

cs.CR2020★ 32 cited

GNSS Spoofing Detection via Opportunistic IRIDIUM Signals

Gabriele Oligeri, Savio Sciancalepore, Roberto Di Pietro

In this paper, we study the privately-own IRIDIUM satellite constellation, to provide a location service that is independent of the GNSS. In particular, we apply our findings to pr…

eess.AS2020★ 2 cited

Noise2Weight: On Detecting Payload Weight from Drones Acoustic Emissions

Omar Adel Ibrahim, Savio Sciancalepore, Roberto Di Pietro

The increasing popularity of autonomous and remotely-piloted drones have paved the way for several use-cases, e.g., merchandise delivery and surveillance. In many scenarios, estima…

cs.CR2020★ 68 cited

Security in Energy Harvesting Networks: A Survey of Current Solutions and Research Challenges

Pietro Tedeschi, Savio Sciancalepore, Roberto Di Pietro

The recent advancements in hardware miniaturization capabilities have boosted the diffusion of systems based on Energy Harvesting (EH) technologies, as a means to power embedded wi…

cs.CR2020★ 92 cited

Vessels Cybersecurity: Issues, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro, Simone Raponi +2

Vessels cybersecurity is recently gaining momentum, as a result of a few recent attacks to vessels at sea. These recent attacks have shacked the maritime domain, which was thought…

cs.CR2020★ 23 cited

MAGNETO: Fingerprinting USB Flash Drives via Unintentional Magnetic Emissions

Omar Adel Ibrahim, Savio Sciancalepore, Gabriele Oligeri +1

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Flash Drives are nowadays one of the most convenient and diffused means to transfer files, especially when no Internet connection is available. However,…