Automotive Cyber Attacks Continue to Increase

V2V lets vehicles send and receive from each other information such as location, speed and direction of travel. V2I shares information about traffic signals, road attributes and surface conditions. Each has the potential to mitigate traffic collisions and congestion. Together, they can be integrated with active safety features, such as forward collision warning and side blind zone alert, already available on many production cars. This world is also a threat to your privacy and security.

Auto manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, fleet operations, telematic service providers, car sharing companies and public and private transportation providers are facing an ever-increasing threats from malevolent hacking, reports Upstream Security.

In 2018, for the first time in history in the automotive industry, so-called Black hat or cybercriminal attacks have overtaken White hat or security researcher attacks.

Upstream Research has taken systematically classified and is analyzing multi-year data and summarizing the facts and figures into a first-of-its-kind report.

The just released Upstream Security report presents analysis and insights of data from more than 170 real-life incidents recorded between 2010 and 2018. It highlights the trends that those involved in the badly name Smart Mobility world need to be aware of in an increasingly connected but potentially malignant system,

Upstream Security presents a disquieting view on the trends and impact of more than 170 documented automotive cyber-incidents that took place in recent years.

Two new kinds of cyber-attacks are evolving through car sharing and driver exchange. These are having “a measurable impact on fraud and data privacy.”

Upstream notes that security needs to be multi-layered. This includes in-vehicle for close-proximity attacks, automotive cloud security for multiple vehicles, services and applications, and network security for that side of the architecture. In AutoInformed’s view, this mess calls out for strong government regulation but in the cesspool that is Washington the only thing that floats are buoyant because of special interest money.