Cybersecurity - Automotive

Today in the Automotive autonomous driving, connected cars, electric vehicles, and shared mobility—have dominated the agenda of automotive industry leaders in recent years. These innovations, built on the digitization of in-car systems, the extension of car IT systems into the back end, and the propagation of software, turn modern cars into information clearinghouses while also making them tempting targets for cyberattacks,

Lets have a short look about interesting information of last 4 years

• The frequency of cyberattacks on cars increased 225 percent from 2018 to 2021

• Nearly 85% of attacks in 2021 were carried out remotely, outnumbering physical attacks four to one.

• 40% of attacks targeted back-end servers.

• 2021 saw 54.1% of attacks carried out by Malicious actors, up from 49.3% in 2020

• The top attack categories were data/privacy breach (38%), car theft/break-ins (27%), and control systems (20%).

• Keyless entry and key fob attacks account for 50% of all vehicle thefts. Thieves only need to be close to the key fob for a Black Hat hacker to pick up and reproduce its signal.

In very few years Cybersecurity will raise as a mandatory element in Automotive and this course will be helpful understanding the overall view about Cyber security concepts.