Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile

UW security and privacy researchers Karl Koscher, Alexei Czeskis, Franzi Roesner, Shwetak Patel, and Yoshi Kohno, along with collaborators from the University of California San Diego led by (UW alumnus!) Stefan Savage, describe the results of an extensive experimental security analysis of a modern car in their paper at the 2010 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. More information at the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security Web site and in articles in The New York Times, New Scientist, Technology Review, PC World, TechFlash, and Popular Mechanics.