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Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids: A Case Study Using the GB-36 Bus System Open Dataset
Syed Irtiza Maksud, Subhash Lakshminarayana
The growing digitalization and the rapid adoption of high-powered Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled devices (e.g., EV charging stations) have increased the vulnerability of power gr…
Cybersecurity Issues in Local Energy Markets
Al Hussein Dabashi, Sajjad Maleki, Biswarup Mukherjee +4
Local Energy Markets (LEMs), though pivotal to the energy transition, face growing cybersecurity threats due to their reliance on smart grid communication standards and vulnerable…
Cybersecurity for Modern Smart Grid against Emerging Threats
Daisuke Mashima, Yao Chen, Muhammad M. Roomi +2
Smart Grid is a power grid system that uses digital communication technologies. By deploying intelligent devices throughout the power grid infrastructure,from power generation to c…
Charge Manipulation Attacks Against Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Deep Learning-based Detection Mechanisms
Hamidreza Jahangir, Subhash Lakshminarayana, H. Vincent Poor
The widespread deployment of "smart" electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) will be a key step toward achieving green transportation. The connectivity features of smart EVCSs c…
Cybersecurity Threats to Power Grid Operations from the Demand-Side Response Ecosystem
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Carsten Maple, Andrew Larkins +4
This article focuses on cyber security threats from IoT-enabled energy smart appliances (ESAs) such as smart heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers, etc., to power grid operations.…
Analysis of Cascading Failures Due to Dynamic Load-Altering Attacks
Maldon Patrice Goodridge, Alessandro Zocca, Subhash Lakshminarayana
Large-scale load-altering attacks (LAAs) are known to severely disrupt power grid operations by manipulating several internet-of-things (IoT)-enabled load devices. In this work, we…
Localizing Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids Using Deep Capsule Nets
Hamidreza Jahangir, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Carsten Maple
Recent research has shown that the security of power grids can be seriously threatened by botnet-type cyber attacks that target a large number of high-wattage smart electrical appl…
Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids under COVID-19 Low-Inertia Conditions
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Juan Ospina, Charalambos Konstantinou
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our society by forcing shutdowns and shifting the way people interacted worldwide. In relation to the impacts on the electric grid, it created a…
Reinforcement Learning for Security-Aware Computation Offloading in Satellite Networks
Saurav Sthapit, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Ligang He +2
The rise of NewSpace provides a platform for small and medium businesses to commercially launch and operate satellites in space. In contrast to traditional satellites, NewSpace pro…
Attack Detection and Localization in Smart Grid with Image-based Deep Learning
Mostafa Mohammadpourfard, Istemihan Genc, Subhash Lakshminarayana +1
Smart grid's objective is to enable electricity and information to flow two-way while providing effective, robust, computerized, and decentralized energy delivery. This necessitate…
Analysis of IoT-Based Load Altering Attacks Against Power Grids Using the Theory of Second-Order Dynamical Systems
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Sondipon Adhikari, Carsten Maple
Recent research has shown that large-scale Internet of Things (IoT)-based load altering attacks can have a serious impact on power grid operations such as causing unsafe frequency…
Moving-Target Defense Against Cyber-Physical Attacks in Power Grids via Game Theory
Subhash Lakshminarayana, E. Veronica Belmega, H. Vincent Poor
This work proposes a moving target defense (MTD) strategy to detect coordinated cyber-physical attacks (CCPAs) against power grids. The main idea of the proposed approach is to inv…
Data-Driven False Data Injection Attacks Against Power Grids: A Random Matrix Approach
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Abla Kammoun, Merouane Debbah +1
We address the problem of constructing false data injection (FDI) attacks that can bypass the bad data detector (BDD) of a power grid. The attacker is assumed to have access to onl…
Moving-Target Defense for Detecting Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attacks in Power Grids
Subhash Lakshminarayana, E. Veronica Belmega, H. Vincent Poor
This work proposes a moving target defense (MTD) strategy to detect coordinated cyber-physical attacks (CCPAs) against power grids. A CCPA consists of a physical attack, such as di…
Performance and Resilience of Cyber-Physical Control Systems with Reactive Attack Mitigation
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Jabir Shabbir Karachiwala, Teo Zhan Teng +2
This paper studies the performance and resilience of a linear cyber-physical control system (CPCS) with attack detection and reactive attack mitigation in the context of power grid…
Signal Jamming Attacks Against Communication-Based Train Control: Attack Impact and Countermeasure
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Jabir Shabbir Karachiwala, Sang-Yoon Chang +4
We study the impact of signal jamming attacks against the communication based train control (CBTC) systems and develop the countermeasures to limit the attacks' impact. CBTC suppor…
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Moving-Target Defense in Power Grids
Subhash Lakshminarayana, David K. Y. Yau
We study moving-target defense (MTD) that actively perturbs transmission line reactances to thwart stealthy false data injection (FDI) attacks against state estimation in a power g…
Modeling and Detecting False Data Injection Attacks against Railway Traction Power Systems
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Teo Zhan Teng, Rui Tan +1
Modern urban railways extensively use computerized sensing and control technologies to achieve safe, reliable, and well-timed operations. However, the use of these technologies may…
Optimal Attack against Cyber-Physical Control Systems with Reactive Attack Mitigation
Subhash Lakshminarayana, Teo Zhan Teng, David K. Y. Yau +1
This paper studies the performance and resilience of a cyber-physical control system (CPCS) with attack detection and reactive attack mitigation. It addresses the problem of derivi…