Securing connected vehicles

Rambus Blog, Sept. 10, 2015 – 

Ann Steffora Mutschler of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that malicious hacking has existed since the dawn of connected electronics. However, says Mutschler, such hacks are now occurring with increasing sophistication in the automotive sector.

"Even high-end vehicles suffer security flaws that are too costly or not worthwhile to fix," she explained. "The result is that the automotive sector is scrambling to cover its bases and they're starting with the parts that are highest priority."

According to said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist of Rambus' Cryptography Research Division, remote exploits and tampering with safety-critical firmware are among the most current critical car security issues.

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