Car Hacking: The Past, Present, and Future

Presented at Summercon 2016, July 16, 2016, noon (50 minutes)

You might call 2015 "The Summer of Car Hacking," with multiple exploits presented and the first-ever cybersecurity-related vehicle recall. It grabbed the attention of manufacturers, regulators, lawmakers, and consumers. But the Summer of Car Hacking didn't just happen out of nowhere. In this talk, I'll cover some of the history of car hacking, including some of our earlier results, including taking over a 2009 sedan through cellular connections, Bluetooth, Windows Media files, and infected dealer tools. I'll also talk about more recent work where we compromised aftermarket insurance dongles to hijack control of vehicles. I'll discuss how a blind-sighted industry began to take security seriously, and cover where I think the industry is headed.


Presenters:

  • Karl Koscher / supersat as Karl Koscher
    Karl is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California San Diego where he specializes in embedded systems security. In 2011, he and his collaborators were the first to demonstrate a complete remote compromise of a car over cellular, Bluetooth, and other channels. In addition to breaking systems, he also works on creating tools and technologies to enable developers to automatically find (and fix) potential security vulnerabilities in their embedded systems. @supersat

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