Posts by P Last

Boffins warn on car computer security risk

Theory and practice are different

From a quick read of the research paper, it seems that all the hacking was done by injecting extra CAN packets on the car network, no code was actually changed on any of the ECUs. So to actually "hack" the car you have to have another deviced attached to it.

I don't think that it would be worth the effort for anybody to hack a car, there are much easier way to do similar kind of damage.

Inside Microsoft's 'New Xbox Experience'

Tried it

I was suckered into downloading the update last night. And I regret it. First, it took forever to download, I wasn't aware that the update was that big and there's nothing that tells you (only the time left on the progress bar which, as per usual Microsoft standards, is as accurate as a blind man playing darts.)

Second, everywhere you look there is stuff to buy, the whole interface looks like an advertisment board, and you have to figure out where the stuff you want is.