Hacking Connected Cars: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, reviewed

By Simon Cocking, review of Hacking Connected Cars: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

ISBN: 9781119491804 published April 2020, in paperback and ebook, priced £37.99, see more here

A field manual on contextualizing cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to connected cars through penetration testing and risk assessment

Hacking Connected Cars deconstructs the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used to hack into connected cars and autonomous vehicles to help you identify and mitigate vulnerabilities affecting cyber-physical vehicles. Written by a veteran of risk management and penetration testing of IoT devices and connected cars, this book provides a detailed account of how to perform penetration testing, threat modeling, and risk assessments of telematics control units and infotainment systems.

This book demonstrates how vulnerabilities in wireless networking, Bluetooth, and GSM can be exploited to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of connected cars.

Passenger vehicles have experienced a massive increase in connectivity over the past five years, and the trend will only continue to grow with the expansion of The Internet of Things and increasing consumer demand for always-on connectivity. Manufacturers and OEMs need the ability to push updates without requiring service visits, but this leaves the vehicle’s systems open to attack. This book examines the issues in depth, providing cutting-edge preventative tactics that security practitioners, researchers, and vendors can use to keep connected cars safe without sacrificing connectivity.

Perform penetration testing of infotainment systems and telematics control units through a step-by-step methodical guide

Analyze risk levels surrounding vulnerabilities and threats that impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability

Conduct penetration testing using the same tactics, techniques, and procedures used by hackers

From relatively small features such as automatic parallel parking, to completely autonomous self-driving cars—all connected systems are vulnerable to attack. As connectivity becomes a way of life, the need for security expertise for in-vehicle systems is becoming increasingly urgent. Hacking Connected Cars provides practical, comprehensive guidance for keeping these vehicles secure.

Hacking Connected Cars: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, reviewed

This book does very much what it says on the tin. Alissa Knight has strong experience in this industry and in the introduction very clearly spells out how things are moving quickly in this field. You could summise that as soon as things are built people, both black, white and grey hackers, are looking at potential exploits and finding ways to hack the functionality of these new cars.

It will be a constant game of cat and mouse, with high stakes as we rapidly move towards a higher level of automated vehicles on our roads. Knight’s book takes a considered and systematic trip through the various ways autonomous vehicles can be hacked, and the various unsecure points of entry that must be considered. The subject matter gets complex very quickly, but each chapter gives you a clear and coherent entry point into the topics she wishes to cover.

We’d recommend this for anyone wanting to take a deeper dive into the world of hacking connected cars.

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