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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 02 2018, @12:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the all-your-golf-are-belong-to-us dept.

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A Dutch cyber-security firm has discovered that in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems deployed with some car models from the Volkswagen Group are vulnerable to remote hacking. Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade, security researchers with Computest, said they successfully tested their findings and exploit chains on Volkswagen Golf GTE and Audi A3 Sportback e-tron models (Audi is a brand part of the Volkswagen Group).

The two researchers said used a car's WiFi connection to exploit an exposed port and gain access to the car's IVI, manufactured by electronics vendor Harman. Researchers also gained access to the IVI system's root account, which they say allowed them access to other car data.

"Under certain conditions attackers could listen in to conversations the driver is conducting via a car kit, turn the microphone on and off, as well as gaining access to the complete address book and the conversation history," Computest researchers said. "Furthermore, due to the vulnerability, there is the possibility of discovering through the navigation system precisely where the driver has been, and to follow the car live wherever it is at any given time," researchers added.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/volkswagen-and-audi-cars-vulnerable-to-remote-hacking/

Original Paper: The Connected Car Ways to get unauthorized access and potential implications


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @05:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @05:07PM (#674661)

    and people used to sneer when I had to tune the carburetors.

    And it will be even funnier when the newfangled microwave blasters will be employed (by the police and 100x by the bad guys) and I will tell the guy splattered on the windshield: Let me explain why you failed, this car has no electronics outside of the radio. Cars used to have this wonderful thing called the distributor...