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Cop Block
A device that allows law enforcement officers to shut down the engine of a suspect's car or truck. (Read the full article)
| "See also this interesting 2010 paper Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile [http://www.autosec.org/pubs/cars-oakland2010.pdf]: "We demonstrate
that an attacker who is able to infiltrate virtually any Electronic
Control Unit (ECU) can leverage this ability to completely
circumvent a broad array of safety-critical systems. Over a
range of experiments, both in the lab and in road tests, we
demonstrate the ability to adversarially control a wide range
of automotive functions and completely ignore driver input—
including disabling the brakes, selectively braking individual
wheels on demand, stopping the engine, and so on."" (Bill Christensen 6/25/2013 9:28:06 AM ) |
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