- Jun 9, 2013
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Mazda cars with next-gen Mazda MZD Connect infotainment systems can be hacked just by plugging in a USB flash drive into their dashboard, thanks to a series of bugs that have been known for at least three years.
The issues have been discovered and explored by the users of the Mazda3Revolution forum back in May 2014. Since then, the Mazda car owner community has been using these "hacks" to customize their cars' infotainment system to tweak settings and install new apps. One of the most well-designed tools is MZD-AIO-TI (MZD All In One Tweaks Installer).
The knowledge shared through these two projects has been the base of mazda_getInfo, a project put together by Bugcrowd application security engineer Jay Turla, which automates Mazda car hacks.
Research started out as a curiosity
Speaking to Bleeping Computer, Turla said he started working on the project after recently purchasing a Mazda car.
"I just wanted to check what were the possible attack vectors for my car," Turla told Bleeping. "I also want to test my car just for my personal research as I enjoyed my first visit at the Car Hacking Village during DEF CON 24 in Vegas last year. I also have a couple of friends in the Philippines who are currently into car hacking research."
Read More.. You Can Hack Some Mazda Cars with a USB Flash Drive
The issues have been discovered and explored by the users of the Mazda3Revolution forum back in May 2014. Since then, the Mazda car owner community has been using these "hacks" to customize their cars' infotainment system to tweak settings and install new apps. One of the most well-designed tools is MZD-AIO-TI (MZD All In One Tweaks Installer).
The knowledge shared through these two projects has been the base of mazda_getInfo, a project put together by Bugcrowd application security engineer Jay Turla, which automates Mazda car hacks.
Research started out as a curiosity
Speaking to Bleeping Computer, Turla said he started working on the project after recently purchasing a Mazda car.
"I just wanted to check what were the possible attack vectors for my car," Turla told Bleeping. "I also want to test my car just for my personal research as I enjoyed my first visit at the Car Hacking Village during DEF CON 24 in Vegas last year. I also have a couple of friends in the Philippines who are currently into car hacking research."
Read More.. You Can Hack Some Mazda Cars with a USB Flash Drive
