A Survey Of Remote Automotive Attack Surfaces

Whitepaper called A Survey of Remote Automotive Attack Surfaces. This paper attempts to analyze numerous automobiles varying in production year to show how remote attack surfaces have evolved with time and to try to quantify the difficulty of a remote attack for a variety of different automobiles. This analysis will include how large the remote attack surface is, how segmented the ECUs which have physical control of the automobile are from those accepting external input, and the features present in the automobile which allow computers to physically control it. Additionally, this paper recommends defensive strategies including an IDS-type system to detect and prevent these types of attacks.