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At DEF CON 23 there were two car-hacking talks that made an impression on me: one about hacking a Tesla [1] and one about hacking a Jeep [2]. FWIW, I came away
by bradleybuda 8y ago
At DEF CON 23 there were two car-hacking talks that made an impression on me: one about hacking a Tesla [1] and one about hacking a Jeep [2]. FWIW, I came away thinking that the software architecture of the Tesla was light-years ahead of what Jeep (and presumably many other legacy manufacturers) was shipping:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX_0c9R4Fng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX_0c9R4Fng
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobLb1McxnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobLb1McxnI
- emidln 8y agoI didn't watch this talk, but I had a blast fuzzing CAN messages to various ECUs when I was in that business. I would be very easily convinced that RCE and memory overwriting (aka "recalibration") were trivially achievable around 2006 MYs
- gascan 8y agoHonestly I care a lot more about reliable function than security, at least as long as attackers can't get in wirelessly. Having both would be nice, of course.
- jethro_tell 8y ago>at least as long as attackers can't get in wirelessly Do you not have bluetooth, satellite, or LTE in your car?