Your car’s computer system can be compromised with off the shelf parts

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Unless there’s an electric vehicle parked in your driveway, you probably don’t think of your car in a computer – but a pair of Spanish security researchers sure do. In preparation for next month’s Black Hat Asia security conference in Singapore, Javier Vazquez-Vidal and Alberto Garcia Illera have assembled a small electronic device that can leave a vehicle’s computer system open to attack. “It can take five minutes or less to hook up and then walk away, ” Vidal says. It can also be built from off-the-shelf components for less than $20. What the gizmo can actually do depends on the car. The team says that they’ve wired the CAN Hacking Tool (named for the Controller Area Network bus it exploits) into four vehicles, and have used it to wirelessly manipulate lights, set off alarms, control power windows and even activate the vehicle’s breaks. By the conference starts they hope to outfit the prototype with a GSM radio, making it possible to control vehicle systems from virtually anywhere. Still, Vidal says they don’t want to enable people to hack their neighbor’s vehicles – the device’s source code is going to remain unreleased- – but they hope their demonstration at Black Hat Asia will get the attention of automakers. “A car is a mini network, ” Illera said. “And right now there’s no security implemented. Filed under: Transportation Comments Source: Forbes

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Your car’s computer system can be compromised with off the shelf parts

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