"Connected Cars and Cybercrime: A Primer"

When considering how to invest their budgets, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers may be tempted to invest less in addressing cyber threats. So far, the attacks they have encountered have not been very sophisticated or harmful. However, the analysis of conversations in underground criminal message exchanges reveals that the pieces are in place for multi-layered, widespread attacks in the future. Given the typical length of the automotive industry's development cycles, waiting for more sophisticated attacks on connected vehicles is impractical. The world's automotive OEMs and suppliers are urged to prepare for the unavoidable transition from today's manual, car-modding hacks to tomorrow's user impersonation, account thefts, and other potential attacks. This article continues to discuss how connectivity is changing car crime, emerging fronts for next-generation attacks, the exploitation of connected cars, and positioning today for the future threat landscape. 

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