Building a Car Hacking Test Bench

info@roaldnefs.com (Roald Nefs) — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Modern cars are computers on wheel, dozens of ECUs, multiple busses, wireless interfaces, and a threat model that keeps expanding. For the past few years I dipped my toes in the automotive security scene. It’s now time to take a deep dive. So I bought a car.

Software Defined Radio on Linux

info@roaldnefs.com (Roald Nefs) — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0200

In the quick start guide for Software Defined Radio (SDR) on Linux we will listen to some very common frequencies using a RTL-SDR. SDR is a radio communication system where traditional hardware components are instead implemented in software. Some common low-cost DVB-T USB dongles with the Realtek RTL2832U controller and tuner can be used as a wide-band SDR receiver.

Prerequisites

Start by installing the required packages for downloading and compiling the rtl-sdr package. The libusb-1.0-0-dev package provides a C library used for accessing USB devices (e.g. the RTL-SDR).

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Building a Car Hacking Test Bench

Software Defined Radio on Linux

Prerequisites