Chapter 7. Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
Bruno Sinopoli, Adrian Perrig, Tiffany Hyun-Jin Kim, and Yilin Mo
A wide variety of motivations exist for launching an attack on cyber-physical systems (CPSs), ranging from economic reasons (e.g., reducing electricity bills), to pranks, to terrorism (e.g., threatening people by controlling electricity and other life-critical resources). The first-ever CPS malware called Stuxnet was found in July 2010. This malware, which targeted vulnerable CPSs, raises new questions about CPS security [Vijayan10]. CPSs are currently isolated, preventing external access to them. Malware, however, can spread using USB drives and can be specifically crafted to sabotage CPSs. The emerging, highly interconnected, and ...
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