Technical gazette, Vol. 32 No. 5, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20241210002187
Enhancing UAV Security through Comprehensive Vulnerability Analysis and an ARM PSA-Based Architecture
Beom Seok Kim
; Department of Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering, Major in Information Security, Chosun University, South Korea
Heeseung Son
; School of Computing, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Junoh Lee
; School of Computing, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Daehee Jang
; School of Computing, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Deokjin Kim
; Institute of ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute), Republic of Korea
Sangwook Lee
; Institute of ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute), Republic of Korea
Ben Lee
; School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, OR, USA
Jinsung Cho
; School of Computing, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which are embedded, real-time systems, are being used in various fields such as military, logistics, surveillance, and mapping. UAVs face security threats due to their diverse peripherals and attack vectors. Real-world incidents, such as GPS spoofing and control signal manipulation, highlight the need for improved security systems in UAVs to prevent potential human losses and material damage. While prior research has examined UAV security vulnerabilities, it has primarily focused on individual attack techniques rather than systematically analyzing the relationship between software and hardware security risks. As such, effectively addressing these security threats necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the software and hardware architecture of UAVs and a systematic investigation of existing attack cases. This paper systematically analyzes UAV attack cases and defines a generalized UAV architecture based on commercial and open-source UAV platforms. Furthermore, we evaluate the security vulnerabilities in widely used UAV software frameworks, including PX4 Autopilot and the MAVLink communication protocol. Based on our findings, we propose a Secure UAV architecture leveraging ARM Platform Security Architecture (PSA) to enhance resilience against cyber threats.
Keywords
ARM PSA; security analysis; secure platform model; UAV
Hrčak ID:
335072
URI
Publication date:
30.8.2025.
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