automotive

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015
Hacking driveless-cars using a simple Laser and a Raspberry Pi

The security researcher and scientist Jonathan Petit claims to be able to hack a driveless-cars by using a simple Laser and a Raspberry Pi. Driverless-cars are the final goal of the principal car manufacturers that are working on several projects to introduce this new revolution in the automotive. Lexus, Mercedes and Audi are just some […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2015
Fiat Chrysler recalls thousands Jeep Renegade SUVs due to hacking risks

Fiat Chrysler has recalled nearly 8,000 Jeep Renegade SUVs in the US to update the software that could be exploited by attackers to hack the vehicles. No peace for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after the disclosure of the attack against its Jeep Cherokee model made by the popular hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek. The duo of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2015
Fiat Chrysler distributes the fix for flawed Jeep via mailed USB

The decision of Fiat Chrysler for providing a software update via Mailed USB is considered disconcerting for the security industry. Do you remember the hack of the Fiat Chrysler Jeep? In response to the disclosure of the details of the successful attack, the company recalled nearly 1.4 vehicles in the US in order to update the firmware running […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2015
When car hacking has become a scaring reality

Security experts have no doubt about the evolution of the car hacking, we are just at the beginning and we need improve cyber security urgently. The last weeks were very interesting for the security experts interested in the cyber security of modern connected cars. People is even more curious about the car hacking following the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2015
Tesla Motor sent a patch to fix flaws in its connected car

Tesla Motors Inc admitted to have sent an update to patch security vulnerabilities discovered by a couple of cyber security experts. Tesla Motors Inc has announced that it has distributed a software update to fix security vulnerabilities in the Tesla Model S sedan. According to the company an attacker by exploiting the flaw could take […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2015
Self-driving cars cars hacking, a real scenario

Autonomous and connected vehicles, self-driving cars, are exposed to numerous cyber threats and the risk of hacking is concrete. After Security expert and hacker, Chris Roberts announced the possibility of hacking into aircrafts, more tension about the security of autonomous and connected vehicles has come to the fore. These cars are expected to be on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2012
Part 2 of 2 – Serious safety and security problems in automotive, aviation, aerospace and other cyber-physical systems

Article published on The Malta Indipendent by Ron Kelson, Pierluigi Paganini, David Pace In last week’s article, we explored the issue of today’s high-speed computers and why their inability to consistently meet software deadlines causes serious problems to automotive applications, industrial control systems, (nuclear) power generators and other computer systems that interact with the real world. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2012
Serious safety and security problems in automotive, aviation, aerospace and other cyber-physical systems

Article published on The Malta Indipendent Convergence in world leading research in Europe to tackle these problems This the first part of a two-part mini-series in which we look at the safety (and security) problems in real-time cyber-physical systems used around the world Ron Kelson, Pierluigi Paganini, David Pace, Benjamin Gittins  Modern computer chips… a marvel of […]