Security Vulnerabilities in Software Supply Chain for Autonomous Vehicles

The interest in autonomous vehicles AVs for critical missions, including transportation, rescue, surveillance, reconnaissance, and mapping, is growing rapidly due to their significant safety and mobility benefits. AVs consist of complex software systems that leverage artificial intelligence AI,...

CVE-2024-23355

CVE-2024-23355 describes memory corruption in the keymaster subsystem when a shared key is imported. Public references point to Qualcomm/Android ecosystems (Keymaster) with a local attack vector, low privileges required and no user interaction, but no concrete fix version is specified in the prov...

Smart Mobility has a Blindspot When it Comes to API Security

The emergence of smart mobility services and applications has led to a sharp increase in the use of APIs in the automotive industry. However, this increased reliance on APIs has also made them one of the most common attack vectors. According to Gartner, APIs account for 90% of the web application...

CISA Releases Automotive Cybersecurity Guide

The guide helps Transportation System Sector partners understand the cyber-physical risks related to AVs and discusses mitigation strategies they can implement...

CVE-2020-8539

CVE-2020-8539 affects Kia Motors head units (SOP.003.30.18.0703, SOP.005.7.181019, SOP.007.1.191209). The vulnerability arises from an arbitrary command execution via the micomd daemon, enabling an attacker with local access to inject commands and generate CAN frames on the M-CAN multimedia bus. ...

ISO/SAE 21434: It’s time to put the brakes on connected car cyber-threats

Connected cars are on the move. Globally their number is set to grow 270% between 2018 and 2022 to reach an estimated 125 million in a couple of years. Increasingly, these vehicles are more akin to high-performance mobile computers with wheels than traditional cars, with features including intern...