Cyber Security Assessment of the Robot Operating System 2 for Aerial Networks

Sandoval, Sergio; Thulasiraman, Preetha

doi:10.1109/syscon.2019.8836824

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“…This is also supported by ROS Metrics report that Kinetic Kame distro is one of the most downloaded ROS packages in 2020 [25]. These statistics make ROS 1.0 the most used operating system in UV's research which is devoid of any network security features [26]. Hence, this paper demonstrates that simple attacks can compromise a UV running on ROS 1.0, thereby, increasing awareness of stakeholders in AV industry on low-cost cyber-attacks and the need for adopting a security-by-design strategy.…”

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confidence: 80%

Vulnerability Assessment Of Vehicle To Infrastructure Communication: A Case Study Of Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Abdullahi

Dargahi

Babaie

2020

2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC WKSHPS

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In recent years, increase in the development of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has sparked cyber security concerns. In particular, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, which is essential for CAV and the transportation system, has introduced a new threat landscape and created several attack surfaces for malicious agents. The available literature on cyber-attacks mostly concentrate on sophisticated tools and equipment in performing malicious activities. However, ignorance of simple attack and defense methods, sometimes as simple as defining proper access policies, is among top reasons for cyber-attacks. This paper aims to emphasize on the need for practicing security-bydesign and increase awareness of manufacturers and developers to adopt minimum security measures. A generic network communication vulnerability assessment method is adopted to perform navigational attack through GPS falsification on connected vehicles, using an Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) as a case study. This paper underlines the Wi-Fi security threats if used for V2X communication without proper access control measures in place. The experimental analysis demonstrates exploitation of a vulnerability which allows full control and backend navigation manipulation with respect to the UGV movement.

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confidence: 80%

Vulnerability Assessment Of Vehicle To Infrastructure Communication: A Case Study Of Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Abdullahi

Dargahi

Babaie

2020

2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC WKSHPS

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“…The difference is that ROS 2 uses DDS for real-time communication. In 2019, Sandoval and Thulasiraman's research goal was to use simulated experiments to test ROS 2's ability to protect against cyber attacks for UAV communication [15]. This work was to help support the integration of ROS 2 into the US Navy's UAV swarms.…”

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Distribution of DDS-cerberus authenticated facial recognition streams

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Successful missions in the field often rely upon communication technologies for tactics and coordination. One middleware used in securing these communication channels is Data Distribution Service (DDS) which employs a publish-subscribe model. However, researchers have found several security vulnerabilities in DDS implementations. DDS-Cerberus (DDS-C) is a security layer implemented into DDS to mitigate impersonation attacks using Kerberos authentication and ticketing. Even with the addition of DDS-C, the real-time message sending of DDS also needs to be upheld. This paper extends our previous work to analyze DDS-C’s impact on performance in a use case implementation. The use case covers an artificial intelligence (AI) scenario that connects edge sensors across a commercial network. Specifically, it characterizes how DDS-C performs between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the cloud, and video streams for facial recognition. The experiments send a set number of video frames over the network using DDS to be processed by AI and displayed on a screen. An evaluation of network traffic using DDS-C revealed that it was not statistically significant compared to DDS for the majority of the configuration runs. The results demonstrate that DDS-C provides security benefits without significantly hindering the overall performance.

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“…Note that ROS 1 was not developed with security in mind, meaning that e.g. communication is sent unencrypted [6], [7]. ROS 2 introduces security mechanisms through the Data Distribution Service (DDS) framework, which we return to in §VI.…”

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Towards data-driven autonomous cyber defence for military unmanned vehicles - threats & attacks

Kaasen

Grov

Mancini

et al. 2022

MILCOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)

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Unmanned vehicles with varying degrees of autonomy will likely change the way military operations can be conducted, but they also introduce risks that require new ways of thinking security. In particular, the safety ramifications of cyber attacks should be seen as equally critical as the loss of classified data. Developing a cyber defence capability that can detect and manage these potentially harmful events also without human intervention thus becomes a fundamental requirement. In this paper, we commence such work by exploring how to disrupt the functionality of an actual military unmanned ground vehicle given an internal attacker, and how the resulting data can be used to design an an effective detection capability.

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Cyber Security Assessment of the Robot Operating System 2 for Aerial Networks

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Vulnerability Assessment Of Vehicle To Infrastructure Communication: A Case Study Of Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Vulnerability Assessment Of Vehicle To Infrastructure Communication: A Case Study Of Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Distribution of DDS-cerberus authenticated facial recognition streams

Towards data-driven autonomous cyber defence for military unmanned vehicles - threats & attacks

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