There now exists the potential for malware, via audio CD, to disable your car... or worse.

[thewayne]

Scientists have been working on ways to hack car security systems. Increasingly, lots of things in new cars tie in to a central bus: engine control unit, anti-lock brakes, air bags, transmission, door locks. And the car stereo. The scientists have found a way to create a specially-crafted MP3 which, if played on certain models, lets them take control of the car, potentially by bluetooth or the car's celllular system.

Older cars without centralized buses would be immune, as would installing your own stereo. The sad thing is that car makers do not seem to be doing much to create a reasonably secure system, you'd think they'd learn with the news of all the systems being exploited out in the world.

(Speaking of which, my favorite recent hack is HB Gary Federal going against Anonymous: they totally pwnd their CEO, up to and including remote-wiping the guy's iPad!)

http://www.itworld.com/print/139794

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/12/0114219/Hacking-a-Car-With-Music

Comments

[silveradept]

...because they think nobody will bother to try and attack cars with electronics in them to create a terrorism event, or what?