Cybersecurity challenges in vehicular communications

As modern vehicles are capable to connect to an external infrastructure and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies mature, the necessity to secure communications becomes apparent. There is a very real risk that today's vehicles are subjected to cyber-attacks that target vehicular communications. This paper proposes a three-layer framework (sensing, communication and control) through which automotive security threats can be better understood. The sensing layer is made up of vehicle dynamics and environmental sensors, which are vulnerable to eavesdropping, jamming, and spoofing attacks. The communication layer is comprised of both in-vehicle and V2X communications and is susceptible to eavesdropping, spoofing, man-in-the-middle, and sybil attacks. At the top of the hierarchy is the control layer, which enables autonomous vehicular functionality, including the automation of a vehicle's speed, braking, and steering. Attacks targeting the sensing and communication layers can propagate upward and affect the functionality and can compromise the security of the control layer. This paper provides the state-of-the-art review on attacks and threats relevant to the communication layer and presents countermeasures.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2019.100214
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221420961930261X
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/22142096
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Zeinab El-Rewini et al. Published by Elsevier Inc. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • El-Rewini, Zeinab
  • Sadatsharan, Karthikeyan
  • Selvaraj, Daisy Flora
  • Plathottam, Siby Jose
  • 0000-0003-4813-5724
  • Ranganathan, Prakash
• Publication Date: 2020-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Serial:
  • Vehicular Communications
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2214-2096
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22142096/1/2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer security; Risk management; Threats; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Vehicular ad hoc networks
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727718
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 2020 9:25AM