Car Hacking Is Well on Its Way to Become Easier and More Affordable

An embedded systems developer created and published the design for an open-source tool for easier hacking into cars by connecting to the controller area network (CAN) of the modern vehicle.

CAN relies on multiple buses for communication between different controllers in the car, such as those for the engine, the brakes or the electric windows.

Car hacking tool not designed for remote attacks

At Black Hat Asia security conference held this week at Marin… (read more)