Visible to the public CAN-FT: A Fuzz Testing Method for Automotive Controller Area Network Bus

TitleCAN-FT: A Fuzz Testing Method for Automotive Controller Area Network Bus
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsZhang, Haichun, Huang, Kelin, Wang, Jie, Liu, Zhenglin
Conference Name2021 International Conference on Computer Information Science and Artificial Intelligence (CISAI)
KeywordsAdaBoost, automobiles, boosting, CAN bus, controller area network security, Cyber-physical systems, Explosions, Fuzz Testing, fuzzing, generative adversarial networks, information science, Internet of Things, pubcrawl, Resiliency, security
AbstractThe Controller Area Network (CAN) bus is the de-facto standard for connecting the Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in automobiles. However, there are serious cyber-security risks due to the lack of security mechanisms. In order to mine the vulnerabilities in CAN bus, this paper proposes CAN-FT, a fuzz testing method for automotive CAN bus, which uses a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) based fuzzy message generation algorithm and the Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) based anomaly detection mechanism to capture the abnormal states of CAN bus. Experimental results on a real-world vehicle show that CAN-FT can find vulnerabilities more efficiently and comprehensively.
DOI10.1109/CISAI54367.2021.00050
Citation Keyzhang_can-ft_2021