IOActive’s Cesar Cerrudo warns that ‘anyone could cause a traffic mess by launching an attack with a simple exploit programmed on cheap hardware.’
IOActive’s Cesar Cerrudo warns that ‘anyone could cause a traffic mess by launching an attack with a simple exploit programmed on cheap hardware.’
Hacking critical infrastructure looks extremely easy in movies, but up until now, there was some reassurance that it wasn’t as simple as just typing a few keys. A security researcher has uncovered issues in devices that communicate with traffic control systems that make them highly vulnerable to attack. Anyone could exploit the vulnerabilities to take […]
At the upcoming Infiltrate conference in Florida, IOActive researcher Cesar Cerrudo will demonstrate that hackers can manipulate the vehicle traffic control systems used in 40 major cities in the United States. According to Wired, Cerrudo had found that hackers could use the magnetic sensors embedded in the street as an attack vector. The sensors feed […]
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