Cars these days are packed with technology . Even before you start car , it's actively communicating with itself, its manufacturer, its key, your phone, and many other digital points in a concerted effort to make your life easier and safer..
Unfortunately, there are those who use these communication points in cars as a platform for their malicious activity. By exploiting these points, they can access personal data , open and steal your vehicle, or even interfere with its functions while you are driving, putting your life at risk
The 4 main vulnerabilities exploited by hackers
Key-fob signal theft
With this technique, anything inside your locked car, or even the car itself, can be stolen without having to be broken into. Using a makeshift antenna, they can steal the signal from the car's fob, which is usually located right behind the owner's door, and send it to an accomplice with a receiver standing next to the car. It may sound very simple, but it is certainly effective.
Hacking into the corporate server
If your car has built-in apps that communicate with its manufacturer (which is likely the case if it’s a model from the last decade), hackers may be able to gain access to information or even functional controls by breaking into the company’s servers. According to a study by Upstream, breaches to company servers account for 26.42 percent of all cyberattacks involving cars.
Mobile applications
Apps like MyCarcould be compromised by a skilled hacker and activate, bypass, locate, or set off a car alarm. That's why it's important to be careful about which apps you choose to connect to your vehicle.
OBDII or infotainment system exploitation
It doesn't take any special skills to seriously compromise a vehicle's internals if they have access to OBDII . By connecting a device to the vehicle's Can-bus, or gaining access to its infotainment system wirelessly, a malicious user can control functions such as the brakes, steering, or transmission, even while the vehicle is in motion.
