Satellite Navigation Users at Risk for False Messages

Two security experts have discovered a way to inject false messages — some amusing and others potentially frightening — into car satellite navigation systems. Andrea Barisani, chief security engineer for Inverse Path and Daniele Bianco, a hardware hacker at Inverse Path, used off the shelf equipment to transmit messages to their car satellite navigation system warning of conditions ranging from foggy weather to terrorist attacks. They presented their findings on Friday at CanSecWest a security conference taking place this week in Vancouver