The power and perils of OBD-II In 2010, the Centre for Automotive Embedded Systems Security demonstrated the devastating consequences that could arise should malicious attackers gain access to the on-board diagnostics port (OBD-II) that has been fitted to most vehicles since the mid 1990s. This collaborative group of academic researchers from the University of California San Diego and …
The roundup – week 51
A summary of four online articles that I have found interesting in the past week. The ‘ghost car’ concept This week, the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s E&T magazine featured an article showcasing two impressive in-car technologies currently being developed by Jaguar Land Rover. Firstly, the ‘ghost car’ concept demonstrates a dramatically new take on traditional satellite …