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Charlie Miller?s and Chris Valasek?s talk at Defcon 23 last year detailed the surprisingly long list of things hackers can do to a connected vehicle. Before this, many consumers couldn?t have imagined their air conditioning and entertainment systems shutting off in response to a hacker?s unauthorized input.
Miller and Valasek were able to make a Jeep stop dead on the highway, and even more surprising, they did it remotely. As recently as 2013, when the security researchers were in the backseat of a Ford Escape, they needed to connect to the OBD2 port for similar hacks.
Constant Vulnerability
Fast forward to 2016 and we see the white-hat hacks continue. In fact, Miller and Valasek recently described how new attacks could affect future car owners, some of which, could even be fatal for drivers. Tencent, a telecom giant based in China, recently uncovered the now-corrected flaws that allowed them to take control of a Tesla Model S. It was reported to the manufacturer, but what if future discoveries like this fall into the wrong hands" For connected car manufacturers, there are many aspects of a breach to consider, and learning the optimal way to defend against hackers will be an ongoing issue. When learning about a hack, car manufacturers essentially have two choices: fix the flaw, or fix the chain of security vulnerabilities that led to the overall compromise. Some automakers like Tesla are doing the latter, workin...