Mobile applications for connected cars: Security analysis and risk assessment

As connected vehicles continue to become more advanced and widespread, it is vital to ensure that vehicle to everything (V2X) communications are secure. Connected car mobile applications have become a key feature in the vehicular ecosystem and represent a new attack vector that can be used to compromise vehicles. This paper undertakes a threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) of connected car mobile applications using known vulnerabilities. The found vulnerabilities are analysed to highlight common weaknesses. This paper thus outlines how a TARA can be adapted in the context of connected car mobile applications with reference to established security models.