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Hackers Could Take Control of Your Car. This Device Can Stop Them

3 pointsby stevekinneyalmost 11 years ago

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namnatulcoalmost 11 years ago
IPS for cars. Interesting, considering that most discussions I&#x27;ve had with people working on automotive security point to the fact that it&#x27;s basically impossible to do due to the large amount of proprietary communication built on top of CAN. Mainly by third party vendors that produce ECUs. Maybe this is different for US cars, though...?<p>Also, the claim that attacks haven&#x27;t been found in the wild is definitely false -- though AFAIK, all of those have been focused on stealing cars, not altering the control traffic (which is what this is about). There&#x27;s plenty of examples of these on YouTube, and car manufacturers have similar demos in-house. Under strict NDAs, of course, which I think might be part of the problem. Earlier today there was a post on HN about an attack on a Tesla car -- I hope they&#x27;ll show the industry a better way to deal with these issues.