TORONTO — Blasting the heat with a remote sensor before you even get into your vehicle on a brisk winter morning is a welcome convenience. So are the comforts of lane assistance, voice command, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
But experts warn modern, connected vehicles, which are heavily packed with microchips and sophisticated software, can offer an open door to hackers.
"The reason why there are a lot of vulnerabilities is because vendors and operators are rushing to deploy the infrastructure to meet the demand," said Chadi Assi, information systems engineering professor and research chair at Concordia University. One such vulnerability, Assi said, is that the protocol used for communication between the cloud management system — which processes payments, among other important functions — and the charging stations may not be encrypted.
"Auto cybersecurity is a very new field," Khan said, adding the risk will persist with the ever-changing software potentially bringing newer vulnerabilities.Khan said the auto industry is in a transitionary period.
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