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Authors:
Uma Vinayak Kulkarni
Sibylle Froeschle
Keywords: Controller Area Network (CAN); In-vehicle Network Security; Simulation; Demonstration for Education
Abstract:
Modern vehicles rely heavily on the Controller Area Network (CAN) for communication between electronic control units, yet CAN lacks inherent security features like authentication, making it susceptible to attacks, such as message injection. In this paper, we develop a means of simulating and visualizing the effect of an attack on the communication traffic and the actual system and the effect of a countermeasure. Our tool is based on Vector CANoe simulation and demonstrates a CAN message injection attack and a simple rule-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS). The setup includes a custom Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interactive demonstration. This framework serves as an educational tool and a foundation for future research into more advanced attack and defense scenarios. This work takes a step towards developing simulation platforms or frameworks for security of in-vehicle networks that are flexible and based on industry suitable toolchains.
Pages: 97 to 99
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2025
Publication date: September 28, 2025
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4537
ISBN: 978-1-68558-300-2
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: from September 28, 2025 to October 2, 2025