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Hack Your Car: Building In-Vehicle Computing Systems

Max Mullen

Max Mullen explores hack your car: building in-vehicle computing systems at DEF CON 12, examining hacker-culture and practical defenses.

Summary

Architecture and Background

Max Mullen presents a practical guide to designing, fabricating, and mounting custom PC-based vehicle computing systems, covering touchscreen LCD integration, power regulation, dashboard modifications, and onboard multimedia software. Max Mullen contextualize these mechanics within the broader community landscape.

Vulnerability Analysis

The technical analysis investigates threat vectors and design shortcomings related to hacker-culture, community, infosec-industry, media-relations.

Exploitation and Demonstrations

Max Mullen presents a practical guide to designing, fabricating, and mounting custom PC-based vehicle computing systems, covering touchscreen LCD integration, power regulation, dashboard modifications, and onboard multimedia software.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

Defenders and researchers are provided actionable defensive mitigations, monitoring telemetry, and configuration safeguards to minimize systemic risk.

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Main Stage·45 min

  • DEF CON
  • Community
  • Date: Jul 2004
  • Location: Las Vegas

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