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Yet another car hack (and this one is a little scary) http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
Car Hackin' -- Made EASY!
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/60-gadget-thatll-make-car-hacking-easier-ever/
"Black Hat Asia" in Singapore, 24-year old "Eric Evenchick" introduced the "CANtact"
The researchers joined forces with journalist Andy Greenberg to do something that should be possible: They took advantage of an "entertainment feature" within some Chrysler vehicles to affect driving-critical systems They were able to turn on the radio and set it to full blast, with the driver not able to turn it off They turned on the flashers, the windshield wipers and the air con Then they did some REALLY scary stuff: They disabled the transmission, the brakes, and could have sent signals to the power-steering system to turn the car. And they did all of this to a Jeep Cherokee being driven by Greenberg while the team was in Miller's basement. They did it by exploiting the "Uconnect", internet-connected computer, which gave them access to the entertainment system They hacked the entertainment system, then used it as a beachhead to access the engineer, wheels and electrical systems It's time to take back our security! (Ok... let's not get too dramatic... it's just time for us to take our security seriously)
There are two things that need to happen:
If you go into the extensions window, you won't find it:
In the address bar, type: "chrome://plugins" Disable the Flash Plugin Menu Add Ons Scroll to "Shockwave Flash" We're not These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/know-how/episodes/153
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