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Viruses Attack Car-computer Security and Car Makers Take Actions
Date:2008-7-2 9:28:13


Often late for work, struggling supervisor reprimanded the staff for being late now have a new excuse: I work in the car broken down the middle of the road; the car computer is infected with the virus. Research in automotive safety officials and analysts have said that the hackers installed on the vehicle for the wireless systems on the sense of interest in these computer-board there was the risk of hacker attacks. Said, manufacturers generally will Car to further expand the functions of the computer, can generally be in the on-board computer and MP3 or mobile phone to achieve between the data conversion. In the same time facilitate, through the dissemination of the Bluetooth mobile viruses hidden in the vehicle will be on a computer.

Russian anti-virus Kaspersky Lab agencies engaged in anti-virus research for Yevgeni Kaspersky said, "For on-board computer using Bluetooth wireless data transfer, I am very worried that this will make automotive systems in a very dangerous situation. "He added," If the smart phones and automotive computer conversion data with the same channel, hackers will find that sooner or later operating systems on-board computer security flaws, then use of potential safety problems easily attack."

The scene is the worst on-board computer hacker attacks, the impact on the entire car engines, navigation or entertainment systems, if such an awkward situation really occurred, forcing you to go to work half-way will be open to a nearby car repair Shop restart the car.

Despite the current anti-virus companies seldom reported "car computer system infection," the news, but the current release of the report has repeatedly said: the virus to hide the car is not an easy thing. But car manufacturers have expressed their car for the possibility of virus attacks are very optimistic, and that in a dangerous state.

For the majority before the car manufacturers speaking, they are usually the most advanced safety equipment to protect the safety of motorists, such as airbags, automotive controllers, but in the information systems for the car but neglect the safety precautions.

While for most car manufacturers not currently found from the vehicle computer attacks reported, but they have to take corresponding measures to prevent the occurrence of the virus-board wireless. German car manufacturer BMW, a company spokesman said, "was found on-board computer virus is possible, we have done many years of testing, a package of issues to deal with such a solution." German automotive equipment supplier Siemens VDO and other manufacturers said that their use of the advanced coding technology to ensure the safety car was not computer virus attacks.

The first mobile phone for the Cabir virus appears, using Bluetooth, the United States from the spread of Japan, also spread to Finland and South Africa, have raided more than 20 countries. And the way it is Bluetooth-board computer monitors and other services and interface services.

Finnish anti-virus maker F-secure in the company earlier this year reported in Toyota's Prius car and found a mobile virus, but did not find what harm caused by the virus. Analysts said, this is no wondering, as the car market, will become the anti-virus company to attract customers another big selling point. In touted before the phone safety, they are not affordable.

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