Re: Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

" by connecting to a standard diagnostic computer port"

*facepalm*

OK, on the one hand, ODB-2 is rad, and doing cool things with it is totally
awesome.

On the other hand, this is what happens when people ignore attack vectors.

They have to plug into your ODB-2 port!

At that level of access, they can also stab your tires, fill your engine
with sugar, and my favorite, put Oscar Meyer Bologne on your paint job so
that your entire car becomes polka dotted.

Somehow, I don't expect to see "hackers can polka dot your car" headlines :)

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <
juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:

> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/051410-car-hackers-can-kill-brakes.html
>
> "University researchers have taken a close look at the computer systems
> used to run today's cars
> and discovered new ways to hack into them, sometimes with frightening
> results."
>
> However,
>
> "He [Stefan Savage] and co-researcher Tadayoshi Kohno of the University of
> Washington, describe the real-world risk
> of any of the attacks they've worked out as extremely low."
>
> I was sure this will generate titles like Security researchers say they can
> take over a car, Hackers could attack your car, Modern cars vulnerable to
> malicious hacks etc.
>
> Juha-Matti
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