Remote Car Hacks Depend On The Internal Design, Say Researchers

Researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek analyzed modern vehicle architectures (ECUs and CAN bus), ranked remote attack vectors (from PATS and TPMS up to Bluetooth, radio RDS, and telematics/cellular/Wi‑Fi), and produced a 92‑page mapping of schematics to identify cars vulnerable to remote compromise. They demonstrated a real-world proof-of-concept Jeep Cherokee compromise via a USB update swap and presented an in-vehicle anomaly-detection/blocking device that can interrupt abnormal CAN traffic and safely pull the car over.