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[...] "Driverless and connected cars are increasingly becoming a part of our world, where cybersecurity threats are already a reality," Sandhu said. "It's imperative that we support research that addresses these concerns and presents a strong, innovative solution."
[...] "Connected cars have almost infinite possibilities for creative technological applications," Gupta said. "Companies could even take advantage of the connectivity to implement location-based marketing tactics, providing drivers with nearby sales and offers."
However, the researchers caution that as soon as cars are exposed to internet supported functionality, they are also open to the same cybersecurity threats that loom over other electronic devices, such as computers and cell phones. For this reason, Gupta and Sandhu created an authorization framework for connected cars which provides a conceptual overview of various access control decision and enforcement points needed for dynamic and short-lived interaction in smart cars ecosystem.
"There are vulnerabilities in every machine," said Gupta. "We're working to make sure someone doesn't take advantage of those vulnerabilities and turn them into threats. The questions of 'who do I trust?' and 'how do I trust?' are still to be answered in smart cars."
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30 2018, @02:39PM (2 children)
this is just quick from the top of the hat:
the car should not have a internet connection.
it should be a YUBY key instead.
it should have sensors.
it should provide this sensor data to a carry-on mobile phone.
if you have problem then plug-in your always carry on mobile phone instead
into the car.
make the call to car tech support via your mobile phone.
if you leave the car, you remove the keys (or FOB) AND CONNECTIVITY! because connectivity is provided via your mobile phone which you remove too when you leave the car.
if the car has it's own "brainZ" and it's connected to internet then
one day we will see self-driving cars clogging up the freeway so the police cannot catch the bank-heist (or harddisk bitcoin heist?) get away car?
or maybe the self-driving car will become sluggish 'cause it's puzzled by some SHA2 problem?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30 2018, @04:29PM
> ... YUBY key...
YUBY key shill detected.
More seriously, has anyone used one of these things? Looks like a fancy dongle, but with a clever scheme so the user can carry one dongle that authorizes many different packages, from different suppliers.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday May 30 2018, @09:59PM
Remove the connectivity ... from a future self-driving car ?
I'm looking forward to hordes of Zombie cars just driving around aimlessly, then rolling over to die in the ditches, incapable of figuring out what they are supposed to do next.