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A car theft ring that used fraudulent software to “hack” and steal vehicles with remote keyless entry and ignition systems has been dismantled by the French National Gendarmerie, Europol announced on Monday. “The criminals targeted ve… Continue reading Police breaks up criminal ring that hacked keyless systems to steal cars
[greenluigi1] bought a Hyundai Ioniq car, and then, to our astonishment, absolutely demolished the Linux-based head unit firmware. By that, we mean that he bypassed all of the firmware update …read more Continue reading Hacker Liberates Hyundai Head Unit, Writes Custom Apps
A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) vulnerability discovered by NCC Group researchers may be used by attackers to unlock Teslas (or other cars with automotive keyless entry), residential smart locks, building access systems, mobile phones, laptops, and many o… Continue reading BLE vulnerability may be exploited to unlock cars, smart locks, building doors, smartphones
Small business owners are adding electric vehicles to their service fleets, a survey released by HSB reports, but they worry about cybersecurity when connecting them to public charging stations. The poll conducted by Zogby Analytics found 15 percent of… Continue reading Small business owners worried about the cybersecurity of their commercial vehicles
When a government decides to take a look at your particular field of experimentation, it’s never necessarily a cause for rejoicing, as British motor vehicle enthusiasts are finding out through …read more Continue reading When Does Car Hacking Become “Tampering”? The British Government Seeks Guidance
In this interview with Help Net Security, Laura Hoffner, Chief of Staff at Concentric, talks about modern car vulnerabilities, the techniques hackers are using to compromise connected vehicles and how to protect users. Cars are becoming increasingly sm… Continue reading Modern cars: A growing bundle of security vulnerabilities
[Voltlog] has been hacking away at the CAN bus console of his VW Golf for quite some time now. Presumably, for his projects, the available CAN bus interface boards are …read more Continue reading CAN bus Wireless Hacking / Dev Board
As cars have become more sophisticated electronically, understanding the CAN bus that forms the backbone of automotive digital systems has become more and more important for hacking cars. Inexpensive microcontroller …read more Continue reading Using CanoPy to Visualize the CAN Bus
[Florian] and his engineering team at Munich-based bmc::labs has developed a clever set of prototyping boards for vehicle hacking and rapid product development, collectively called the bmc::board or bmc::mini. These stackable …read more Continue reading Small Open Source Vehicle Hacking Platform
Organizations in the automotive industry are no stranger to demands and mandates regarding car and passenger safety, so addressing the issue of cybersecurity of computerized, connected vehicles should, in theory, not be a huge problem. Despite thieves … Continue reading Securing vehicles from potential cybersecurity threats