Thursday, August 4, 2011

Hacking your Car through a Smart Phone: An Emerging Security Risk

Hacking your Car through a Smart Phone: An Emerging Security Risk: "
Security consulting firm iSec Partners warns drivers that thieves could exploit smart phone apps that allow the unlocking and starting of cars remotely.

Researchers Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik have hacked the protocols some of these apps use and demonstrated how they can take advantage of them using a laptop.

According to Mr. Bailey, the whole process of hacking and improvising the signals these apps send – what he dubs “war texting” – can take as little as two hours.

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