In this episode, Zachariah (Zane) Pelletier, Security Tester at ETAS, and Kevin Mitchell, Sr. Automotive Security Tester at ETAS, talk about CVE 2023-52709, a critical vulnerability in Texas Instruments’ BLE MCUs. The discussion takes us through the discovery by Kevin, working with Texas Instruments as they tried to reproduce the issue and the develop a remediation.

They share a real-world scenario that could have occurred, why they pursued publicizing the vulnerability and advice to others that find themselves in a similar situation. It’s an amazing case study on a CVE – one that could impact a variety of industries, including automotive, consumer electronics and industrial with over 2.6 million affected units. 

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It may seem that fuzz testing is fairly easy, but there definitely are challenges. That’s the focus of this episode, hosted by Marcos Cardoso from ETAS. He’s joined by Seungtaek Chang from Keysight Technologies for a discussion about common fuzzing challenges, including:

• Choosing a fuzz testing method and tool
• Deploying a global test strategy
• Determining what to do with the fuzz testing results

In addition to talking about these challenges, Marcos and Seungtaek talk about solutions, including a complete solution offered through a collaboration between ETAS and Keysight.  

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In this episode, we’re honored to be joined by renowned automotive journalist, commentator and thought leader, John McElroy. John joins our host, Eric Cesa, to talk about the incredible pace of change the industry is seeing related to the software-defined vehicle, the factors driving the change, where the change will happen, the significance (and fun) of all this change, as well as what it means to vehicle manufacturing and ownership. John also shares his insight on autonomous vehicles, vehicle affordability and more. 

John and Eric’s passion for the industry and the rapid pace of change the industry is experiencing can’t be missed in this insightful conversation. Check it out and tell us what you think! 

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In this episode, Collin Mundell from ETAS is joined by Noah Gedrimas, VP of Strategy at GPR to talk about ground penetrating radar technology and its mobility applications, specifically passenger and commercial vehicles. Already used in mining and seaport applications, this technology can penetrate meters through the ground and create a signature for surveying and mapping. Noah and Collin talk about how the technology works in conjunction with GPR’s solution, Wave Sense, as well as overall benefits and challenges, use cases and what the technology could bring to future autonomous and automated vehicles. To learn more about GPR, visit www.gpr.com. 

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This impressive group of experts from ETAS (Ansgar Lindwedel), Bosch (Marcel Kurzmann), ZF (Sarah Moser) and formerly with Microsoft (Sarah Novotny) come together to talk about how to deal with open-source software – consuming and contributing. They look at different perspectives – European and U.S. suppliers, non-automotive companies, and individuals – in how open source evolved and is addressed today, and where it’s headed. The episode is 35 minutes of great information, including the importance of transparency, being open to join and engage in the community, the value of the community itself, what to consider and expect when using open-source software (i.e., accountability), and a lot more. 

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In this episode, our host, Thomas Irmscher is joined by his ETAS colleague Marcos Cardoso and Steffen Sanwald from Mercedes-Benz. The trio of experts dive into security fuzzing: its purpose, what makes a good fuzzer and how to adjust it to fit your needs, the differences and benefits of source-code fuzzing and protocol fuzzing, and the collective effort needed to make vehicle software as secure as possible. Episode note: Steffen shares his personal opinions/thoughts; they do not reflect those of Mercedes-Benz.

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The journey to the software-defined vehicle (SDV) has started in earnest, and the trip promises to be an exciting one. This episode, hosted by Tim Messegee from Rambus, with expert guests Adiel Bahrouch from Rambus and Omar Alshabibi from ETAS, looks at many of the software and hardware challenges presented in realizing the vision of the SDV while enhancing system performance, quality and security. Our experts will explore how ecosystem solutions, such as the recently announced collaboration of Rambus and ETAS, can reduce implementation complexity and risk while accelerating time to market. They’ll discuss real world examples of speeding the development process across the software value chain, implementation of pre-integrated and pre-certified solutions into the system design process and more! 

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At the heart of the software-defined vehicle is a computer. And a critical prerequisite for this computer is security for it, the software on it and its computing platform. That computing platform is where system-on-chip technology enters the picture, acting as the microprocessor for the vehicle ECU. In this episode, ETAS team members Collin Mundell and Omar Alshabibi talk through elements leading up to and part of system-on-chip technology within software-defined vehicles.

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Moritz Minzlaff, Head of Professional Security Services at ETAS, is joined by Timo van Roermund, Technical Director of Automotive Security at NXP Semiconductors, to discuss the Automotive Cyber Maturity Report 2023. In addition to the benefits of conducting the survey the report is based on, as well as the key areas of interest in the report, Moritz and Timo discuss activities (industry and within companies) around standardization, characteristics of high cyber maturity companies, factors in achieving cyber maturity within your organization, and more!

To see the full report, visit: https://www.etas.com/en/downloadcenter/43082.php 

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The software-defined vehicle is and will continue to transform the auto industry. In this episode, our host, Carina Boettcher, leads a discussion with her ETAS colleagues, Moritz Minzlaff and Michael Lueke about one of these transformation topics – software-defined vehicle security. 

Referencing their recent whitepaper (see link below), the group talks about changes in software development, data flow, the vehicle’s ecosystem, the importance of constant testing, how to apply legacy solutions to the software-defined vehicle, how to address security in your software-defined vehicle technologies and more. If you’re working on software-defined vehicle solutions, you don’t want to miss this episode.
 
To read Moritz' and Michael’s whitepaper, “Cybersecurity of the software-defined vehicle”, visit: 

https://www.etas.com/download-center-files/DLC_products_ESCRYPT/etas-sec-sdv-whitepaper-20230525.pdf

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