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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security vulnerability that exposes cars from Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura to remote attacks through a connected vehicle service provided by SiriusXM. The issue could be exploited to unlock, start, locate, and honk any car in an unauthorized manner just by knowing the vehicle’s vehicle identification number (VIN), researcher Sam […]
As if there aren’t already enough cybersecurity threats looming in our daily lives, there’s one garnering an increasing amount of attention—car hacking. Automotive cybersecurity is a term for the tools and techniques used to protect the electronic systems of a vehicle along with the software, data, and more. Below are the key things to know […]
Researchers discovered a serious Vulnerability in famous vendors car alarm system that allows attackers to hijack the car remotely and kill the engine while driving, even steal the car. These alarms available in the market for $5,000, that already fitted in several high-end cars and the critical vulnerabilities were discovered in two leading alarm vendors […]
I’ve just about recovered from the sensory overload that is CES to gather my thoughts from what was another fascinating event. This blog, on connected car hacking, is the first of two posts. New cars are networked computers with an engine attached. Yours doesn’t sync with your phone when it detects you driving? That’s so […]
There’s a fundamental difference between criminal hackers and white hat vulnerability researchers. When a white hat finds a vulnerability they may explore it, and write an interesting presentation about what can be achieved through the flaw, but once they’ve described the security weakness to the appropriate party and the hole is closed – that’s it. […]
In the coming age of autonomous cars, connected cars, and cars that can communicate with each other, the city’s infrastructure, our phones, and the entire internet of things, data security is going to be paramount. That’s why Craig Smith, who has spent 20 years working in banking and healthcare digital security, wrote The Car Hacker’s […]
The FBI and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have added their voices to growing concerns about the risk of cars being hacked. In an advisory note it warns the public to be aware of “cybersecurity threats” related to connected vehicles. Last year Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million US vehicles after security researchers remotely […]
Craig Smith does car hacking as safely as possible. The softly-spoken security researcher doesn’t take risks like cutting cars’ power on public roads, as executed on a Jeep by researchers last year. Indeed, he warns against such stunt hacking, something he tends not to partake in. Yet Smith is one of the pre-eminent automotive security experts on the planet, author […]
Short Bytes: A forensic consultancy PT&C}|LWG Forensic Consulting Services has made a list of top 5 most hackable cars by performing a study. Along with the most hackable cars, firm also singled out the top 5 least hackable cars. See the list. As our gadgets and machines are getting more familiar with the technology and […]
Short Bytes: A security researcher has found an easy way to hack self-driving cars using a laser and a Raspberry Pi. By fooling the laser ranging (lidar) systems, hackers could make echoes of the fake car and put them at any location they want to fool the vehicle. The technology companies are moving fast in […]