Black Hats control Jeep's steering, kill brakes
Found on The Register on Tuesday, 02 August 2016
Car hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have again hacked a 2014 Jeep Cherokee, this time by physically linking a laptop to commandeer its steering and kill the brakes.
The localised attack is similar to other CAN bus attacks in which researchers have popped locks, compromised steering, and brakes.
The pair say they've penned a paper, to be revealed at Black Hat, in which they recommend vehicle manufacturers should better lock down CAN buses. To help auto-makers along, the pair have built an intrusion detection system that can detect their attacks.
It will require a couple of deaths and lawsuits until an industry changes its behaviour and makes security the most important aspect in development.