Reinhard Kugler
A Hitchhikers Guide to Container Security - Automotive Edition 2024
#1about 2 minutes
Recalling a famous remote car hack from 2015
A historical remote car hack demonstrates how attackers gained control over vehicle functions by pivoting from the infotainment system.
#2about 4 minutes
Shifting from distributed ECUs to centralized computers
The automotive industry is moving from a complex network of individual electronic control units (ECUs) to centralized high-performance computers (HPCs) to simplify updates and maintenance.
#3about 6 minutes
Running containers with access to vehicle electronics
A live demonstration shows how a containerized application can directly access and manipulate a car's internal network to control components like the instrument cluster.
#4about 5 minutes
Using eBPF to observe and secure container networking
eBPF programs can be attached to the Linux kernel to observe and filter a container's network traffic at a low level without requiring a sidecar.
#5about 2 minutes
Securing hardware update channels with eBPF policies
eBPF can trace and block unauthorized write operations to hardware interfaces like the SPI bus, preventing malicious firmware flashing from a compromised container.
#6about 2 minutes
Understanding the offensive potential of eBPF rootkits
eBPF is a dual-use technology that can also be used to create stealthy, in-memory rootkits capable of modifying network packets on the fly.
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