After making national headlines around the world last year, “car hackers” Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller will name the most hackable cars at this year’s Black Hat conference.
According to an interview the researchers had with Dark Reading, the most hackable vehicles include the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, the 2015 Cadillac Escalade and the 2014 Toyota Prius, while the most secure cars include the Dodge Viper, the Audi A8, and the Honda Accord.
The cars have an internal bus, known as controller area network (CAN), which is present in all modern vehicles which allows microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other. Gaining access through a wireless connection could potentially offer access to critical systems such as brakes and steering, according to Computer World.
