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Security experts applaud the FBI’s car-hack warning, but say more needs to be done by the government and car makers to protect drivers. Continue reading FBI Warning Of Car Hacks A Good Start, Say Security Experts
As cars get more and more connected, there are plenty of remote and non-remote ways to send them into a ditch. Continue reading Warning issued by FBI over dangers of car hacking
With a public service announcement compiled jointly with the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, the FBI has announced that it finally considers car hacking a real and present danger, and so should the general public and vehicle manufacturers. Taking as an example the car hacking demonstrated by researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek last summer, the FBI explained that the vulnerabilities in that particular case have been adressed through … More → Continue reading It’s official: The FBI says car hacking is a real risk
Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Valasek, Security Lead, Uber ATC, about the talk he and Charlie Miller gave at RSA, hacking cars, the challenges around getting manufacturers to patch vulnerabilities in vehicles, IoT, and more.
Continue reading Chris Valasek Talks Car Hacking, IoT, at RSA
Among the things one can find with Shodan, the search engine for the Internet of Things, are trucks, buses and delivery vans that have been equipped with the Telematics Gateway Unit (TGU) device and a modem to connect to the Internet. Hacking industrial vehicles What’s more, security researcher Jose Carlos Norte says that this setup can be misused by malicious individuals to monitor and control these vehicles: discover their position, their speed, and so on, … More → Continue reading Hacking Internet-connected trucks and buses
Researchers say when it comes to car hacking, it’s going to take three years for automakers to catch up with the number of cyber threats targeting cars. Continue reading Car Industry Three Years Behind Today’s Cyber Threats