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The investigation looks to discover national security concerns before connected vehicles flood the U.S. market.
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Researchers say Digital Communications Technologies has not addressed a bug impacting its Syrus4 IoT gateway, leaving open the possibility for vehicle fleets to be shut down.
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BMW updated the styling for the 3 Series for the 2023 model year, carrying forward with the seventh generation of the 3, which entered the market in 2019. The updates, happily, didn’t include a widening of the beaver tooth or a nerfing of the M model.C… Continue reading Review: 2023 BMW M340i keeps the 3 Series alive
Despite the increasing popularity of various electric vehicles, the limits of battery technology continue to be a bottleneck in their day-to-day use. They don’t behave well in extreme temperatures, they …read more Continue reading Wireless Charging on a Massive Scale
Security researchers spent months diving into vehicles and found multiple vulnerabilities impacting everything from safety to personal data.
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Back in the good old days of carburetors and distributors, the game was all about busting door locks and hotwiring the ignition to boost a car. Technology rose up to combat this, you may remember the immobilizer systems that added a chip to the ignition key without which the vehicle …read more
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Go ahead and hack that car in peace. In a move greeted happily by cybersecurity researchers around the world, the electric-automobile company Tesla announced that hacking the company’s software as part of “good-faith security research” will not void your warranty. The announcement is part of a “goodwill” revamping of Tesla’s vulnerability disclosure program to allow research without risking legal action, a voided warranty or a broken car — as long as hackers play by the rules. As long as your work complies with our bug bounty policy, Tesla will not void your warranty if you hack our software https://t.co/HhibE1UpRC https://t.co/NIISSrrViD — Tesla (@Tesla) September 5, 2018 “Tesla values the work done by security researchers in improving the security of our products and service offerings,” the company’s vulnerability disclosure page reads. “We are committed to working with this community to verify, reproduce, and respond to legitimate reported vulnerabilities. We encourage the community […]
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A Kansas man was charged with “lewd and lascivious behavior” when cops found him sticking his penis in a tailpipe. Continue reading Kansas Man Wouldn’t Stop Fucking a Car Until He Was Tased
Uncovering geometric shapes and patterns that once seemed implausible, this new technology will radically change the look and feel of our vehicles. Continue reading Additive Manufacturing Is Transforming How Engineers Are Approaching Design
Late morning on Jan. 7, 2015, a black Citroën C3 arrived in front of Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters at 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert in Paris. Two men stepped out dressed in black, toting Kalashnikov assault rifles and a long list of people to kill. That was the beginning of a historic terrorist massacre and subsequent battle with police that left 12 dead and left much of the world wondering how it happened. Police immediately turned to the digital evidence trail, including the Citroën C3. A French supermini, the C3 is advertised as a “smart car,” meaning it creates mountains of data waiting to be analyzed by anyone who can figure out how to gain access. In order to obtain that evidence, French authorities turned to Berla Corporation, a little-known Maryland-based cybersecurity company that works with and receives funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Cybersecurity Division. Berla’s flagship product is Project […]
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