Cyber-Physical Systems

7Novel Defending and Prevention Technique for Man-in-the-Middle Attacks in Cyber-Physical Networks

Gaurav Narula^1*, Preeti Nagrath¹, Drishti Hans² and Anand Nayyar^3,4

¹Computer Science Engineering Department, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi, India

²Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi, India

³Graduate School, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam

⁴Faculty of Information Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam

Abstract

Cyber security is now a global and heated debate. Man-in-the-Middle Attack is a type of cyber-attack in which an unauthorized person enters the online network between the two users, avoiding the sight of both users. The recent Chinese cyber-attack has prompted India to ban 59 Chinese apps, the issue is acute, and the system is likely to be threatened/hacked by this malware without adequate authentication security, this can cause a lot of potential data loss. This paper is mainly aimed at understanding the term ‘man in middle attacks’, along with various techniques such as rogue access points, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) spoofing, Domain Name Server (DNS) and multicast Domain Name Server (mDNS) spoofing etc. The authors devised algorithms for detection and prevention of any potential data loss from such attacks. The algorithms devised were implemented on virtual servers and machines to replicate the real time scenarios. The scripts developed successfully defended ...