CarHackingTools: Install and Configure Common Car Hacking Tools

CarHacking

CarHacking.Tools

CarHacking.Tools is a scripts collection of scripts to help jump-start car research (and hacking?). All the scripts are designed to run on Ubuntu 18.04.

CarHackingTools

Included Tools

The following tools are installed and configured automatically:

Tool Name Link Notes
Can-Utils https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils Basic CAN tool.
Canbus-Utils https://github.com/digitalbond/canbus-utils Basic CAN tool.
Cantact-App https://github.com/linklayer/cantact-app/ Built to work with the Cantact Hardware. I have not got it to work yet.
Caringcaribou https://github.com/CaringCaribou/caringcaribou
GNUradio https://www.gnuradio.org/ If you want to look at door locks and TPM modules.
c0f https://github.com/zombieCraig/c0f
ICSim https://github.com/zombieCraig/ICSim Basic simulator for testing without a car.
KatyOBD https://github.com/YangChuan80/KatyOBD A really neat project that provides a GUI. I want to fork this and make it better.
Kayak http://kayak.2codeornot2code.org/
OBD-Monitor https://github.com/dchad/OBD-Monitor A rally neat project that provides a GUI. Needs some documentation work.
PyOBD http://www.obdtester.com/pyobd Super old tool, still works, kinda.
Python-OBD https://github.com/brendan-w/python-OBD Use over PIP install.
SavvyCAN http://www.savvycan.com/ Basic CAN tool.
Scantool https://www.scantool.net/ Super old tool but still works.
Socketcand https://github.com/dschanoeh/socketcand Basic CAN tool.
UDSim https://github.com/zombieCraig/UDSim Basic simulator for testing without a car.
Wireshark https://www.wireshark.org/ Great for capturing OBDII data just like you would ethernet data.

Stuff To Read

The following sites have been useful to me:

Link Notes
http://opengarages.org/handbook/ Car Hacking Handbook
http://opengarages.org/ Open Garages
https://wiki.linklayer.com/index.php/SocketCAN I user this when I forget how to enable can0

Warning

I likely don’t know what I am doing and this could be done faster, better and simpler some other way. These scripts could also break your car (seriously) and make you cry.

Download

Copyright (c) 2018 Jerry Gamblin