Curriculum
Computer Science for Societal Challenges and Innovation, XXXVIII series
Grant sponsor
Innova S.p.A.
Supervisor

Mauro Conti
Co-supervisor
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Gianluca Campana
Contact
tommaso.bianchi@studenti.unipd.it

Project description
In recent years, vehicles are more and more related to information and communication technologies. In fact, starting from some simple components aiming to help diagnose the vehicle, now there are tons of electronic boards that not only assist the driver, but also provide entertainment and easy-to-use solutions for the customers. In this sense, vehicles have an internal network, the CAN-Bus, exchanging different data and with a simple access channel, the OBD port. Having access to this port means having the possibility to know everything about the vehicle itself and possibly the driver, due to the interconnected applications installed in cars nowadays. While this access should be available only for licensed mechanics, a malicious user could exploit the OBD port to collect data and vehicle network traffic to extract useful information or take control of the vehicle itself through newly discovered vulnerabilities. My P.h.D. research aims to find these design flaws in order to extract sensible information about the car and the owner, giving the possibility to secure them before a real attacker can try to exploit these problems. The vehicle scenario is gaining more attention due to the security and safety issues that can provide. Consequently, we want to avoid the possibility of an attacker endangering the information (in the security sense), and in the worst-case scenario the life of the driver and passengers (safety).