Dear All, I see websites of automobile companies are also being targetted by attackers. One of my latest exploration reveals a website of one famous automobile company has been hacked today by some group of pak nation.... jfyi....
fiat-india.com * Do not browse this website unless you are aware of activity you are doing on the above website. Regards Sandeep Thakur On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Amar Deep <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > Remote central locking is among the most convenient aspects of modern > motoring. Transmission of the radio signal that activates the system is not > particularly secure, however. A new encryption technique increases security > without draining the key's battery. > > Most drivers love the convenience of remote central locking -- the car > doors are locked or unlocked just by pressing a button on the key. These > systems are not particularly secure, however, as a potential car thief can, > for example, use an antenna to eavesdrop on the radio signal and create a > second key from the captured data on a computer. The reason for this > weakness in security is that the algorithms which encrypt the signals sent > from the key to the vehicle are not strong enough. Their code was broken > about two years ago. > > Car manufacturers are therefore using new algorithms to make the radio key > systems more secure. But these algorithms too have a major disadvantage -- > they are symmetric, their codes are embedded in the key and in the car. > Also, the same coded information is embedded in numerous vehicles from the > same production line. Once one code has been broken, numerous cars are at > risk. > > Research scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information > Technology SIT in Garching have now used an asymmetric algorithm to develop > a car key prototype for the first time. > > "With this type of algorithm the secret is only located in the car key, and > not in the car as well," explains Johann Heyszl, a scientist at the SIT. > "Each car key incorporates a different code, and this makes the encryption > much more secure than when a symmetric algorithm is used." > > Up to now the high computation intensity and associated high energy > consumption posed a high barrier against the use of asymmetric algorithms. > "We have built a small cryptographic chip which is particularly > energy-saving. In addition, we have developed a new, efficient protocol > which minimizes computation effort and the amount of data that has to be > transmitted," says Heyszl. As a result, the battery life of the key is about > the same as in symmetric encryption, but the new system is much more secure. > The electronic immobilizer is encrypted in the same way as remote central > locking. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nforceit" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
