• Classify and describe common physical-layer attacks and countermeasures
• Apply known side-channel attacks, e.g., simple power analysis
• Model, analyze, and simulate physical-layer attacks and defenses for wireless communications (e.g., eavesdropping, jamming, manipulation)
• Classify and describe countermeasures such as distance bounding protocols to prevent relay attacks
• Evaluate the security of existing cyber-physical systems against physical-layer attacks
• Classify and describe security issues and solutions for industrial control systems

The lecture will cover three main topic areas: attacks (and countermeasures) that leverage physical channels (e.g., side-channel attacks), attacks (and countermeasures) involving wireless communications (e.g., jamming, manipulation, and forwarding), and security for cyber-physical systems (such as industrial control systems).

Selected list of topics:

• Relay attacks
• Distance Bounding
• Physical-Layer Identification
• Wireless eavesdropping and manipulations
• GPS spoofing and countermeasures
• Industrial Control System security, attacks and countermeasures
• Security issues related to PLC logic applications, proprietary industrial protocols and end devices

The teaching material will be in English and will be announced at the beginning of the lecture.

While the lecture will touch physical-layer concepts such as (wireless) signal processing, no background in that area is assumed. Exercises will require students to run Linux applications (e.g., via a virtual machine).

This module is part of the following study programmes: