Free Wi-Fi leaves buses vulnerable to remote hacking

Researchers demonstrated that smart buses, the transportation vehicles that incorporate various systems to improve safety, efficiency, and passenger experience, can be remotely hacked. 

The findings were described on Friday at the DEF CON hacker convention by Chiao-Lin ‘Steven Meow’ Yu of Trend Micro Taiwan and Kai-Ching ‘Keniver’ Wang of CHT Security, a Taiwan-based MSSP.

The researchers started digging into the cybersecurity of smart buses after noticing that free Wi-Fi was available for passengers.

Read more at Security Week