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| In addition to data, bad guys can hack vehicle driving systems through the navigation and music systems. (YourSecurityAdvisor.co.uk) |
Plenty of high end cars are coming out and flaunting their complicated computer systems as a selling point–but are buyers the ones getting sold? Some of the “best” navigation, safety and entertainment systems are the most vulnerable to a hack attack.
Could a bad guy hack your Infinity and drive you through his ex-wife’s front door? Unlikely say security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek. In most reasonable senarios, like you aren’t a foreign agent that pissed off the NSA, a bad guy would have to be in close proximity to a vehicle to hack its systems. Tough…but not impossible.
Perhaps this was a hacker/store owner who needed the insurance money. You never know. (WillitsNews.com)
PCMag quoted a Dark Reading interview with Miller and Valasek, “Some attacks would require the attacker to be within a few meters of the targeted car, but telematics-borne attacks could occur from much farther away,” using the car’s wireless-enabled radio as a path to take over steering or other driving systems.
People cruising around in vehicles like Chrysler’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee, Nissan’s 2014 Infiniti Q50, and GM’s 2015 Cadillac Escalade would be the targets of car hackers. Those who would presumably dodge the bullet are owners of the Audi A8, or Honda Accord.
These revelations come on the heels of recent reports on the hackability of airplanes.
Convenience comes at a price.
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