---
id: 4518
title: "Reverse engineering of the Nitro OBD2"
source_domain: blog.quarkslab.com
source_url: "https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-of-the-nitro-obd2.html"
published_at: "2017-10-11T12:21:00Z"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "firmware", "hardware", "automotive", "can-bus", "obd2"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4518"
lang: en
---

# Reverse engineering of the Nitro OBD2

## Summary

Reverse engineering the Nitro OBD2 chip-tuning dongle: a teardown shows a minimal circuit only using CAN pins, and firmware analysis examines whether it can really reprogram engines or is a fake.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.quarkslab.com
- **Published:** 2017-10-11T12:21:00Z
- **Original:** https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-of-the-nitro-obd2.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4518