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Security Enhancement of Over-The-Air Update for Connected Vehicles

Chawan, Akshay
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7650-0429
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533246722910754

Abstract Details

2018, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Electrical Engineering.
Similar to wireless software updates for the smartphones, over-the-air (OTA) methods are used to update the software and firmware for the various electronic control units (ECUs) in the car. It is an efficient and convenient approach to update the software in the car and it will help customers save their money and time by reducing time to visit the service center to repair small bugs in the software. However, OTA updates open a new attack vector for hackers, who can use the OTA mechanism to steal OEM firmware, to reprogram ECUs, or to control the vehicle remotely. In this thesis, we perform a comprehensive security analysis for the current OTA mechanism to understand its associated threats. We also propose an approach to secure the original OTA software update method by adding a biometric iris scan and cryptographic hash function before updating the software and firmware over the air. With these security enhancements, vehicle owners can ensure that the car can be secure from unwanted and potentially malicious software updates.
Weiqing Sun (Advisor)
Ahmad Javaid (Committee Co-Chair)
Hong Wang (Committee Member)
65 p.
Automotive Engineering; Information Technology
Over The Air Update; Automobile Security; Biometrics; Checksum; Cryptography; Iris; OTA software update

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  • Chawan, A. (2018). Security Enhancement of Over-The-Air Update for Connected Vehicles [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533246722910754

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chawan, Akshay. Security Enhancement of Over-The-Air Update for Connected Vehicles. 2018. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533246722910754.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chawan, Akshay. "Security Enhancement of Over-The-Air Update for Connected Vehicles." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533246722910754

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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