Vehicles are rapidly evolving for better user experience with various advanced technologies. The perception, communication and computation technologies are critical to enhancing vehicles’ capabilities and advancing autonomous vehicles. However, they also introduce additional vulnerabilities and entry points for hackers to leverage. This presentation will introduce popular and state-of-the-art cyberattacks on vehicles, including attacks on the keyless entry system, remote control on vehicles, and attacks on the latest autonomous vehicles. The presentation will cover related vehicle subsystems, attack implementations and attack results.

Biography:

Dr Xu Wang received dual Ph.D. degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2019 and University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, in 2020, respectively.

Dr Xu is currently a lecturer at the School of Electrical and Data Engineering (SEDE), UTS, and teaching two cybersecurity courses, i.e., Cryptography and Digital Forensics. His research interests include cybersecurity, blockchain, vehicle security, and privacy. Xu is an also active blockchain researcher and developer. He has been leading a series of blockchain projects and brought blockchain-enhanced data security solutions to the industry. Dr Xu Wang was the winner of NSW iAwards 2020 Industry Solutions as the blockchain tech leader of the BeFAQT (Blockchain enabled Fish provenance And Quality Tracking) project. Vehicle security and privacy is Xu’s another research interest. He is leading vehicle security projects supported by IAG and iMOVE.