Design and analysis of a sophisticated malware attack against smart grid

Byungho Min; Vijay Varadharajan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27659-5_9

Design and analysis of a sophisticated malware attack against smart grid

Byungho Min^*, Vijay Varadharajan

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School of Computing

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In this paper, we propose a realistic malware attack against the smart grid. The paper first briefs the architecture of the smart grid in general. And then we explain our proposed attack that is specifically tailored for the smart grid infrastructures. The attack considers the characteristics of recent real malware attacks such as deceptive hardware attack and multi-stage operation. We believe this analysis will benefit the design and implementation of secure smart grid infrastructures by demonstrating how a sophisticated malware attack can damage the smart grid.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Security
Subtitle of host publication	16th International Conference, ISC 2013, Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 2013, Proceedings
Editors	Yvo Desmedt
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	130-139
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319276595
ISBN (Print)	9783319276588
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27659-5_9
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	16th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2013 - Dallas, United States Duration: 13 Nov 2013 → 15 Nov 2013

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	7807
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	16th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Dallas
Period	13/11/13 → 15/11/13

Keywords

Smart grid
Cyber-physical system
Cyber attack
Malware
Blackout
Security

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Min, B., & Varadharajan, V. (2015). Design and analysis of a sophisticated malware attack against smart grid. In Y. Desmedt (Ed.), Information Security: 16th International Conference, ISC 2013, Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 2013, Proceedings (pp. 130-139). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7807). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27659-5_9

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Min, B & Varadharajan, V 2015, Design and analysis of a sophisticated malware attack against smart grid. in Y Desmedt (ed.), Information Security: 16th International Conference, ISC 2013, Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 2013, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7807, Springer, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 130-139, 16th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2013, Dallas, United States, 13/11/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27659-5_9

Design and analysis of a sophisticated malware attack against smart grid. / Min, Byungho; Varadharajan, Vijay.
Information Security: 16th International Conference, ISC 2013, Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 2013, Proceedings. ed. / Yvo Desmedt. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, 2015. p. 130-139 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7807).

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