User alert systems, apparatus, and related methods for use with vehicles

A vehicle, comprising:

• a controller area network (CAN) bus;
• an intrusion detection system UDS) connected to the CAN bus;
• a network access device (NAD);
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• detect, via the IDS, a malicious message transmitted through the CAN bus,
• generate an alert indicative of the malicious message,
• transmit, via the NAT), the alert to a primary user device corresponding to a first occupant of the vehicle, and,
• direct, via the NAD, an alert dispatcher hosted by a server external to the vehicle to simultaneously dispatch the user alert to the primary user device and a secondary user device associated with a second occupant of the vehicle,
• wherein the alert includes a notification of at least one potential risk to an occupant of the vehicle and at least one instruction on how to minimize the potential risk.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:

• detect, via an intrusion detection system (IDS) of a vehicle, a malicious message transmitted through a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle;
• generate, via a controller of the vehicle, a user alert indicative of the malicious message;
• transmit, via a network access device (NAD) of the vehicle, the user alert to a first user device associated with a driver of the vehicle and a second user device associated with an occupant of the vehicle that is parson different from the driver;
• and
• direct, via the NAD, an alert dispatcher hosted by a server external to the vehicle to simultaneously dispatch the user alert to the first user device and the second user device.