This device was previously showcased at last year's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, and now the developers plan to demonstrate the device during the Singapore version of the event in March.
Illera and fellow security researcher Javier Vazquez-Vidal have claimed that they had tested the CAN Hacking Tool (CHT) successfully on four popular makes of cars and had been able to apply the emergency brakes while the car was in motion, affect the steering, turn off the headlights, or set off the car alarm.