False Alarm Attack and Protection of Smoke Detector

Abstract

Carbon monoxide can cause serious illness or even death if the functionality of smoke alarms fail s in the residential home and, in fact, more than 350 persons die every year due to the leak of carbon monoxide. However, vulnerabilities and threats to smoke/CO alarms have not been well-studied. In this paper, through interconnect, a power replay attack has been studied in order to trigger a false alarm. The experimental results demonstrate the smoke alarm can be manipulated. This paper also concentrates on providing a sequence of security methods to defend the smoke alarm system. In future, how to protect smart detectors against attacks will be studied as this can force them to leave high-quality mode of operations.