According to the company that makes a majority of commercially available computer processing components, modern cars are full of features that hackers could use to create havoc on the roadways.
Intel is currently working to create an Automotive Security Review Board to help automakers identify best practices for keep drivers of modern wheeled computers from hacking threats.
It notes in a recent white paper on the practices:
Computers have made significant contributions to vehicle safety, value, and functionality— from stability control to electronic fuel injection, navigation, and theft prevention. Since these systems increasingly rely on shared information and in-vehicle communication, they are at risk from cyberattacks. They have also increased connectivity, adding many functions common to smartphones, such as cellular data and voice functionality, web browsers, online games, and entertainment. This increase in connections opens up new attack surfaces, further underscoring the need for robust security solutions, especially as connected and even driverless cars emerge and evolve. Each electronic control unit (ECU) must be secured in some shape or form, whether it is via cooperating or co-processors, code verification, protection of data at rest and in transit, or other capabilities that have become common in Internet security. As vehicles start to connect beyond the bumper, the risk increases exponentially, and the core challenge will be establishing and maintaining trust and consumer confidence.
In the photo below, Intel identifies the modern vehicle components most vulnerable to outside attacks:
Read Intel’s full report:
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