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Forget the Kia Boyz: Crooks could hijack your car with just a smartphone
2024-09-30 03:02

Plus: UK man charged with compromising firms for stock secrets; ransomware actor foils self; and more Infosec In Brief Put away that screwdriver and USB charging cable – the latest way to steal a...

Kia dealer portal flaw could let attackers hack millions of cars
2024-09-26 19:53

A group of security researchers discovered critical flaws in Kia's dealer portal that could let hackers locate and steal millions of Kia cars made after 2013 using just the targeted vehicle's...

Hackers Could Have Remotely Controlled Kia Cars Using Only License Plates
2024-09-26 16:02

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of now patched vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed remote control over key functions simply by using...

US proposes ban on Chinese, Russian connected car tech over security fears
2024-09-23 18:25

No room for your spy mobiles on our streets The US Commerce Department has decided not to wait for the inevitable, and today announced plans that would ban connected vehicle technology - and...

Avis alerts nearly 300k car renters that crooks stole their info
2024-09-09 16:45

'Insider wrongdoing' to blame for the breach Avis Rent A Car System has alerted 299,006 customers across multiple US states that their personal information was stolen in an August data breach.…

Car rental giant Avis data breach impacts over 299,000 customers
2024-09-06 18:04

American car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach after attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole customer personal information. [...]

Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers
2024-09-06 18:04

American car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach after attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole customer personal information. [...]

New Patent Application for Car-to-Car Surveillance
2024-08-05 11:07

Ford has a new patent application for a system where cars monitor each other's speeds, and then report then to some central authority. Slashdot thread. Tags: cars, patents, police.

APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure
2024-08-02 16:16

A Russia-linked threat actor has been linked to a new campaign that employed a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. "The campaign likely targeted diplomats and began as early as March 2024," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report published today, attributing it with medium to high level of confidence to APT28, which is also referred to as BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa, Forest Blizzard, FROZENLAKE, Iron Twilight, ITG05, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and TA422.

Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
2024-07-12 23:53

CDK Global reportedly paid a $25 million ransom in Bitcoin after its servers were knocked offline by crippling ransomware. Last week, CDK restored services to car dealerships across the US after a two-week outage caused by a "Cyber incident" that looked a lot like a ransomware infection.