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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Noise-based cyberattacks generating fake P300 waves in brain--computer interfaces
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Enrique T. Martinez
  • Mario Quiles Pérez
  • Sergio C Lopez-Garcia
  • Alberto Huertas
  • Gregorio Martínez Pérez
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Cluster Computing
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1386-7857
Volume 25
Number 1
Page Range 33 - 48
Date 2022
Abstract Text Most of the current Brain–Computer Interfaces (BCIs) application scenarios use electroencephalographic signals (EEG) containing the subject’s information. It means that if EEG were maliciously manipulated, the proper functioning of BCI frameworks could be at risk. Unfortunately, it happens in frameworks sensitive to noise-based cyberattacks, and more efforts are needed to measure the impact of these attacks. This work presents and analyzes the impact of four noise-based cyberattacks attempting to generate fake P300 waves in two different phases of a BCI framework. A set of experiments show that the greater the attacker’s knowledge regarding the P300 waves, processes, and data of the BCI framework, the higher the attack impact. In this sense, the attacker with less knowledge impacts 1% in the acquisition phase and 4% in the processing phase, while the attacker with the most knowledge impacts 22% and 74%, respectively.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s10586-021-03326-z
Other Identification Number merlin-id:23184
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