False Alarm Attack and Protection of Smoke Detector

Carbon monoxide can cause serious illness or even death if the functionality of smoke alarms fails 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.