Hackers can take over your jeep - Daily News & Analysis
Sergey Lozhkin, Senior Security Researcher at GReAT, Kaspersky Lab, commented on the hacked Jeep saying "There [is] a media storm in the Information Security industry. For the first time in history, researchers reported a remote control vulnerability in connected cars. Allegedly, the vulnerability was found in the Uconnect onboard system, which was operating with mobile network operator Sprint to communicate with the external world of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). If the reports are correct, the attack proves that it is enough to know the external IP of a target, in order to rewrite the code in the car's onboard computer and gain control of the vehicle. To protect a car, manufacturers should think of the security of cars in the same way that we would approach the security of corporate networks or computers. At Kaspersky Lab, we believe that to avoid such incidents, manufacturers should build the smart architecture for cars with two basic principles in mind: isolation and controlled communications. Isolation means that two separate systems cannot influence one another, for example, the entertainment system shouldn't influence the control system in the way that it did with the Jeep Cherokee. Source: www.dnaindia.com
