Re:Tesla Car Hacked Remotely from Drone via Zero-Click Exploit
by jjav on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:19PM
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> but that it's not a real threat because all such exploits require special knowledge, equipment and money
In other words they (that military research lab) have the resources and you don't. Sounds like the ideal vulnerability from their perspective.
In any case, that overstates the difficulty. Plenty of examples of low budget research teams finding remote vulnerabilities in newer cars.
Also, remember that a vulnerability is laborious to find, once. After it's out every script kiddie can do it.
> physically tampering with a car
That doesn't scale. If you're after one single specific person it's done, but if you want widespread ability to cause mayhem, you'll take the remote vulnerability.
In other words they (that military research lab) have the resources and you don't. Sounds like the ideal vulnerability from their perspective.
In any case, that overstates the difficulty. Plenty of examples of low budget research teams finding remote vulnerabilities in newer cars.
Also, remember that a vulnerability is laborious to find, once. After it's out every script kiddie can do it.
> physically tampering with a car
That doesn't scale. If you're after one single specific person it's done, but if you want widespread ability to cause mayhem, you'll take the remote vulnerability.