Can Hackers Kill Your Car?

[f-wolf]

Cracking the Code: Can hackers kill your car?

May 16th, 2010

It seems the modern car has become so computer controlled it’s vulnerable to cyber attack.

US researchers from the universities of California and Washington will present a paper this week at a security conference in California that will likely set the automotive industry into a spin – provided it gets sufficient traction in the media.

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[BA-XR6T]

This is the same typical mistake that we always make with new technologies, I'm surprised they didn't reverse engineer the remote unlocking system to obtain a wireless connection the the vehicle. As in this example they are physically connected to the vehicle. I'm not at all surprised with what they could achieve once they obtained access.

[icer]

there are devices out there that capture the frequency from your imobilizer/remote when you use it, so when the attacker see's the car he can program that frequency to his own remove and get to the car and go from there.

[XF Falcon]

I thought most remote controls from cars used some kind of randomly generated code or something like that, so that its not trackable like that? It would obviously still be on the same frequency otherwise the car would not pick it up, but I thought the signal sent wasn't always exactly the same?

[BA-XR6T]

Yes and No, Yes the code in the signal is randomly generated. and No, you would have to capture quite a bit of data before you could decode the encrypted signal.

[ZAP]

To be able to "Hack" a car, they would need access.

I am sure in the future cars will be connected to either WiFi or the internet via mobile internet, but until that day access is limited to the ODBII port on most cars.

As for the remotes, most cars use frequency hopping technology and are difficult to crack. If they do crack it, they still need to get the immobiliser chip in the key programmed and this is even more difficult.

If people only wanted access, they could always use a brick, rather than hacking your remote.

[icer]

what type of brick are we talking about here? red one? I think I got one if anyone wants to buy.

[XF Falcon]

I think you will find its against the forum rules to advertise illegal things such as red bricks mate.

You might want to edit your post