This is the extended abstract of my dissertation for module T802, which is the final module of my Open University Master of Science degree in Technology Management. It was a tough module, spanning just over 12 months (including preliminary research), but at the same time was very rewarding. Background Software is becoming increasingly common in …
How to disable your car’s firewall
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 49
A summary of two online articles that I have found interesting in the past week. Software as a medical device The background behind this story is one which already feels very familiar to me: software is becoming increasingly common and increasingly complex in a certain safety related industry, and there is now a need to create a standardised …