> http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/how-v= ulnerable-is-your-car-to-cyber-attack I laughed when I read that article. It was like saying, "If you let someone attach a device to the inside of your computer, they can make the computer do all sorts of weird things!" It's less alarming than "Someone with a pair of wire cutters and a few minutes with your car could render the brakes useless!" On the other hand, I was doing code analysis on a tire pressure receiver 2 years ago and found a bad, bad, bad bug in their manchester receive code which would allow anyone with a radio transmitter to perform a buffer overrun attack on it. The mandated tire pressure sensor program requires that every single new vehicle sold in the US contain a radio receiver (for tire pressure sensing) that ultimately feeds data into the main vehicle data network (which sits alongside the body and engine controllers). Worrisome, no? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: RussellMc Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [AD] OBDLink WiFi To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Someone just=A0sent me this offlist. His comment about disabling the access while driving seems wise. The people in the "test sedan" must have had an exciting time :-). Passworded access may be 'useful'. =A0 =A0 =A0R Ref from: You know who you are :-) ______________________________________________ Happened to find this in my new issue of Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/how-vul= nerable-is-your-car-to-cyber-attack The test sedan was rigged up with a laptop hooked into its OBD II diagnostic port. On the computer was a custom-coded application, called CarShark, that analyzes and rewrites automobile software. That laptop was linked via a=A0wireless connection=A0to another laptop in the chase car. In addition to temporarily rendering the test car brakeless, the setup also allowed the research team to remotely turn off all the vehicle's lights (including the headlights and brake lights), turn on the windshield wipers, honk the horn, pop the trunk, rev the engine, disable specific cylinders, engage individual brakes and shut down the vehicle completely while it was in motion. If I used ODBLink, I=92d be sure to unplug it before I drove the car around= town. Related: http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Voice_20of_20GOD_20on_20the_20road#117174329= 3 because of: http://trifinite.org/trifinite_stuff_carwhisperer.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/592972.stm People just need to think about what they are doing. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://chiphacker.com/ - EE Q&A site --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .