Cyber Attacks Demonstrated On Autonomous Ground Vehicles

An anonymous reader writes As vehicles increasingly rely on automation, software and technology enhancements to run basic functionality, those systems serve as a potential safety risk when under cyber attack. Mission Secure uses a proprietary methodology developed by the University of Virginia with the Department of Defense for identifying the most consequential and easy to carry out cyber attacks on any system that a defense capability must address. The goal of the pilot is to demonstrate how to identify vehicle safety threats malicious cyber attackers could use to easily compromise the vehicle's key control systems and how these attacks could be detected and protected.

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Sounds like concentrated bullshit....

[gweihir]

There is no need for any "proprietary method". You do what any competent security consultant does: You understand the system, you identify critical components and attack vectors. If needed, you consult with experts on the technology evaluated. You correlate the attack vectors and critical components, rate according to your experience and propose fixes. That is it. There is absolutely nothing new or surprising here. There are absolutely no new threats here. The whole article is sensationalist bullshit.

Re:Sounds like concentrated bullshit....

[gurps_npc]

The author thought that people needed to be reminded that if we let computers control cars, then a hacker can hack your car. This might cause deaths.

Apparently, they don't seem to understand that computers already control airplanes, submarines, other boats, trains, and nuclear missiles.

Not to mention computer controls power plants (including nuclear power plants, dams, our traffic systems, etc.