Instrumenting an Automotive Module for Bench Testing

Finding vulnerabilities, hacks, exploits, and full root access are goals for security engineers when they begin to assess a device, right? But when working with hardware, you cannot simply dive into the hacking on day one. Your exploits will only be as successful as the setup work you’ve done! This post will discuss the process […]

Anatomy of an Automotive Security Assessment

An Expanding Problem $1,000,000,000 One billion dollars. According to a 2015 Detroit Free Press article, that was the amount Fiat Chrysler Automotive might have to pay in buybacks and fines due to an automotive cybersecurity vulnerability. That year, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek had published security research demonstrating the ability to remotely take over and […]