Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Anyone remember the good old days when we get computer viruses the old fashioned way? It goes like this. Someone inserts an infected floppy disk, probably a virus-infected operating system or program disk in a drive, the virus loads into memory once the infected program is run and later infects files and executables of clean floppies. Who needs the internet back then to spread malware? Now the same thing happens on a larger scale. Except today’s newfangled computer-controlled cars are the floppies and the automotive dealership’s computerized diagnostic tools act as the computer. Someone, malicious or otherwise with a malware-infected car comes into an auto-shop or dealership and gets hooked up to their diagnostic equipment. The malware then gets uploaded to the equipment which, in turn, can spread to uninfected cars. A classic virus infection process. Is it possible? According to Craig Smith, author of the Car Hackers Handbook and founder of open source car hacking group Open Garages, it is. Control of a lot of vehicles that is. The cars won’t exactly drive by themselves. But a malicious hacker could have potential control of hundreds of vehicles, play God and shut them down or trigger any type of chip-controlled […]
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