Mobilized Immobilizer - Bypassing Motorcycle Security
Course
Scott Sheahan reverse engineers the electronic security architecture of a 2025 Indian Scout Bobber, demonstrating how to bypass its immobilizer and start the bike without a key through CAN bus analysis and protocol exploitation.
Modern motorcycle immobilizers rely on challenge-response protocols, encrypted key fob communication and networked control units to prevent theft - but how robust is that security in practice? Scott Sheahan set out to answer that question on his own 2025 Indian Scout Bobber, reverse engineering the bike's full electronic architecture across its wireless control module, engine control module and CAN gateway, then systematically defeating the authentication sequence that keeps it from starting without a key.
This session will cover:
- How challenge-response authentication between a smart key and wireless control module works and where the protocol breaks down;
- How CAN bus traffic analysis and dynamic testing reveal the exact sequence required to bypass immobilizer authentication;
- What this research reveals about embedded security assumptions in modern automotive and motorcycle systems.
Here is the course outline:
Mobilized Immobilizer - Bypassing Motorcycle Security |
Completion
The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:
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CPE Credit Certificate |
