A comprehensive study on cyber attacks in communication networks in water purification and distribution plants: challenges, vulnerabilities, and future prospects

MM Aslam, A Tufail, KH Kim, RAAHM Apong, MT Raza - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has had a big impact on both industry and
academia. Its profound impact is particularly felt in the industrial sector, where the Industrial …

AttkFinder: Discovering attack vectors in PLC programs using information flow analysis

JH Castellanos, M Ochoa, AA Cardenas… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
To protect an Industrial Control System (ICS), defenders need to identify potential attacks on
the system and then design mechanisms to prevent them. Unfortunately, identifying potential …

Physics-aware targeted attacks against maritime industrial control systems

G Longo, F Lupia, A Pugliese, E Russo - Journal of Information Security and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of the maritime industry towards technologically integrated and
automated systems has significantly increased the complexity of onboard Industrial Control …

Assessing model-free anomaly detection in industrial control systems against generic concealment attacks

A Erba, NO Tippenhauer - Proceedings of the 38th Annual Computer …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
In recent years, a number of model-free process-based anomaly detection schemes for
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) were proposed. Model-free anomaly detectors are trained …

A systematic literature review on past attack analysis on industrial control systems

S Goel - Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial control systems are used to automate the monitoring and control of physical
processes in large‐scale industries and critical infrastructure such as power plants, chemical …

Unveiling Physical Semantics of PLC Variables Using Control Invariants

Z Yang, L He, Y Ruan, P Cheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The security risk of semantic attacks to Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) is increasing.
Semantic attacks manipulate targeted system modules by identifying the physical semantics …

Methodology for Conducting a Study of the Vulnerability of PLC Control Algorithms to Cyber Attacks

S Plamowski, R Nebeluk, A Wojtulewicz, K Cabaj… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a methodology used to test the vulnerability of control algorithms
implemented in an industrial Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) environment to cyber …

[PDF][PDF] Sok: Security of programmable logic controllers

EL Morales, U Planta, C Rubio-Medrano, A Abbasi… - USENIX …, 2024 - efrenlopez.org
Billions of people rely on essential utility and manufacturing infrastructures such as water
treatment plants, energy management, and food production. Our dependence on reliable …

[PDF][PDF] You Can't Judge a Binary by Its Header: Data-Code Separation for Non-Standard ARM Binaries using Pseudo Labels

H Benkraouda, N Diwan… - 2025 IEEE Symposium on …, 2024 - gangw.cs.illinois.edu
Static binary analysis is critical to various security tasks such as vulnerability discovery and
malware detection. In recent years, binary analysis has faced new challenges as vendors of …

Blind concealment from reconstruction-based attack detectors for industrial control systems via backdoor attacks

T Walita, A Erba, JH Castellanos… - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are responsible for the safety and operations of critical
infrastructure such as power grids. Attacks on such systems threaten the well-being of …