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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
From www.wired.com - July 23, 2015 5:26 AM
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
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A team of engineers remotely gain control over a Jeep and demonstrate vulnerabilities in its computer systems.


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I wrote about this before as a reminder that digital transformation enables great new opportunities as well as new security and privacy issues.


More about this here http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-transformation-of-businesses/?tag=carJacking 

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Great #IoT example: Tesla cars Over-the-Air Repairs Are the Way Forward via MIT @TechReview

Great #IoT example: Tesla cars Over-the-Air Repairs Are the Way Forward via MIT @TechReview | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
From www.technologyreview.com - January 14, 2014 2:28 PM
Tesla and GM have both issued fire-related recalls, but Tesla’s fix doesn’t require owners to bring their cars in.
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Benefits of having an Internet connected device - here a car - is that it can be remotely updated to fix issues or tune performance. Convenience and fast improvements.


Remember that this means it can also be remotely monitored, both for good and bad reasons, which may also raise security and privacy concerns.

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@Defcon: Remotely Hacking Tire Pressure Monitors- how to control your car from its tires via @securityjh

@Defcon: Remotely Hacking Tire Pressure Monitors- how to control your car from its tires via @securityjh | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
From www.networkworld.com - December 7, 2013 10:39 AM

A new vector for hacking a cars computer wirelessly.


I attended an interesting talk at Defcon today that revealed a potential security vulnerability that I never would have thought of in a million years. Yep, hacking the tire pressure monitoring system in your car. The talk called "Letting the Air out of tire pressure monitoring systems" was by Mike Metzger. Turns out the attack surface for such an attack is huge. In the U.S. the Tread Act mandated that every car built after 2007 must have a tire pressure monitoring system built-in. It also turns out that car tire pressure monitors (TPMSS) use unencrypted RF for the communication between the tire and the receiver. TPMS sensor alarms are what turn on that annoying low pressure light we are all familiar with on your dash console.

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I had read about this back in 2010 and use this examples in my presentations regarding security and the future of digital transformations. Everything digital should be design with protection in mind because it will be hacked.


Also see other posts you may have missed:

  • Flying hacker contraption hunts other drones to control them- proof we are in a "digital far west era" via @ars http://sco.lt/8v5ATB
  • How your movements create a GPS 'fingerprint'- anonymous data is not enough to ensure privacy http://sco.lt/5KfaiX
  • Hacker Shows How To Attack An Airplane's Systems--Using A Phone http://sco.lt/97hSPx
  • NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say via @washingtonpost http://sco.lt/5z0Es5


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A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll

A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
From strata.oreilly.com - August 30, 2013 10:01 AM

Let’s say you fancy a fast car. Flavio Garcia, a University of Birmingham computer scientist, discovered the algorithim that verifies the ignition key for luxury cars like Porsches, Audis, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis. He was slapped with an injunction to ban him from disclosing his findings at the Usenix Security Symposium in order to prevent sophisticated criminal gangs from having the analytics tools for widespread car theft.

You might need Garcia’s algorithm to steal a car, but soon, with an entirely different algorithm, you may be able to crash one into a tree or disable its brakes from a distance. Or maybe it’s a fast boat you’re after. Mess with its GPS, and you can steer it where you want without the crew noticing.

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This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 


Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.


Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.



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This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 

 

Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.

 

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.
Felix Cheang's curator insight, November 13, 2016 7:36 PM

As long as there is a chip inside, anything is hackable....
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A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll

A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
From strata.oreilly.com - November 13, 2016 1:59 PM

Let’s say you fancy a fast car. Flavio Garcia, a University of Birmingham computer scientist, discovered the algorithm that verifies the ignition key for luxury cars like Porsches, Audis, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis. He was slapped with an injunction to ban him from disclosing his findings at the Usenix Security Symposium in order to prevent sophisticated criminal gangs from having the analytics tools for widespread car theft.

You might need Garcia’s algorithm to steal a car, but soon, with an entirely different algorithm, you may be able to crash one into a tree or disable its brakes from a distance. Or maybe it’s a fast boat you’re after. Mess with its GPS, and you can steer it where you want without the crew noticing.

Farid Mheir's insight:

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 

 

Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.

 

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.

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Farid Mheir's curator insight, August 30, 2013 10:01 AM

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 


Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.


Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.
Felix Cheang's curator insight, November 13, 2016 7:36 PM

As long as there is a chip inside, anything is hackable....
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