Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew

Two researchers are working on a system to detect spoofed messages sent to automobiles by fingerprinting the clock skew of the various computer components within the car, and then detecting when those skews are off. It’s a clever system, with applications outside of automobiles (and isn’t new). To perform that fingerprinting, they use a weird characteristic of all computers: tiny… Continue reading Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew

Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers

It’s the first of the big three US auto makers to grab the steering wheel on this whole find-vulnerabilities, steer-a-car-into-a-ditch endeavor. Continue reading Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers

Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse

New technologies can make life easier for all of us, but we can’t rely on the free market to do it automatically. Continue reading Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse

Waze Data Poisoning

People who don’t want Waze routing cars through their neighborhoods are feeding it false data. It was here that Connor learned that some Waze warriors had launched concerted campaigns to fool the app. Neighbors filed false reports of blockages, sometimes with multiple users reporting the same issue to boost their credibility. But Waze was way ahead of them. It’s not… Continue reading Waze Data Poisoning

Hackers Can Steal Mitsubishi Outlander Hybrid Car By Exploiting WiFi Access Point

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Mitsubishi’s Outlander Hybrid Car’s Alarm Vulnerable to Hack due to

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Identifying People from their Driving Patterns

People can be identified from their "driver fingerprint": …a group of researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California at San Diego found that they could "fingerprint" drivers based only on data they collected from internal computer network of the vehicle their test subjects were driving, what’s known as a car’s CAN bus. In fact, they found… Continue reading Identifying People from their Driving Patterns