Monday, 10 August 2015

DEF CON focuses on vehicle security and beyond in wake of Jeep hack

This Tesla display is relatively secure, yet other manufacturers were not so lucky in recent months as security researchers exploit their RF systems and the UConnect infotainment system

Last month, security researchers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller made headlines when they remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee, killing the transmission as a Wired reporter drove at high-speed down the freeway. But with cars representing only a subset of the Internet of Things, it's likely that many companies that had previously never considered whether their products were virtually as well as physically safe will similarly be responding to disclosures of exploits and courting future employees at hacker conventions in the future. Security researchers at DEF CON described the many attack surfaces of today's connected vehicle and pointed to potential improvements to protect consumers.

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