Car Hacking Village: CAN Bus and Vehicle Research
A tour of the Car Hacking Village at DEF CON 31 featuring vehicle test benches, instrument cluster analysis, and automotive security research.
Summary
Justin from the Car Hacking Village provides a fast-paced overview of the hands-on automotive research stations and activities featured at DEF CON 31.
The interview highlights the village's open hacking benches, where attendees can directly interface with real automotive ECUs, instrument clusters, and CAN bus networks. Justin invites participants to learn vehicle bus diagnostic protocols, test their skills against beginner and advanced CTF challenges, and collaborate with automotive security researchers.
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