415: Rolling Computers

Lead Solution Architect at Cymotive, Benny Meisels spoke with us about implementing embedded software security in cars. The discussion touches ECUs, IoT vehicles, threat and risk analysis, and how reverse engineering plays a role in security testing.

Benny works at Cymotive (https://www.cymotive.com/). You can find him on LinkedIn benny-meisels or on Twitter @benny_meisels.

Resources for automotive security:

• Automotive Security Research Group (ASRG)

• Upstream Security

• Hacking a VW Golf Power Steering ECU - Part 1 – Willem Melshing's Blog 

• Instrument Cluster (ICM) Simulator: ICSim on github

• Program | escar USA conference | Embedded Security in Cars

• Car in a box, also on github and Arduino based: A lower cost approximation of the Toyota PASTA:Portable Automotive Testbed with Adaptability 

• Ghost Peak: Practical Distance Reduction Attacks Against HRP UWB Ranging

Framework Laptop 

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