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Automotive cybersecurity; what we don't hack will probably be used to kill us

posted onJuly 4, 2016
by l33tdawg

L33tdawg: If you're interested in automotive hacking, you should check out this presentation from #HITB2016AMS - CANsee: An Automobile Intrusion Detection System

Car hacking is not only a “thing” but it's also a thing that’s in its early days and because there’s the potential for exploits with serious and quite possibly life-threatening consequences, automotive cybersecurity is something we should all be very concerned about.

Just imagine your own car traveling at speed and having your ability to steer, alter speed, and brake, taken away and then being ransomed to regain control.

Think this impossible? Last year, Wired wrote about a couple of hackers remotely disabling a Chrysler Jeep Cherokee while it was heading down a freeway at 70 miles per hour. The hackers,  Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, revealed more details in a subsequent presentation at Black Hat USA 2015 a month later. It turns out that their first point of entry into the Jeep’s control system was via the Wi-Fi service of the vehicle’s multimedia system. Sadly, cracking its security wasn't that hard:

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