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Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Cyber Security Research Center have found that they can trick the autopilot on an autonomous car to erroneously apply its brakes in response to "Phantom" images projected on a road or billboard. In a research paper the researchers demonstrated that autopilots and advanced driving-assistance systems in semi-autonomous or fully autonomous cars register depthless projections of objects as real objects.
Mobile security leader Trustonic announces that it has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium to contribute to the development of technical specifications for secure connected car technologies. Its current priorities include Digital Key, an exciting new open standard to allow smart devices to act as a vehicle key, and Car Data which will connect consumers to service providers offering tailored services enhanced by vehicle data, such as pay-how-you-drive insurance, road monitoring, and fleet management.
A popular self-driving car dataset for training machine-learning systems - one that's used by thousands of students to build an open-source self-driving car - contains critical errors and omissions, including missing labels for hundreds of images of bicyclists and pedestrians. Self-driving car engineers, please use the fixed dataset.
Mathew Marulla began leasing a Ford Focus electric vehicle in 2013, but turned the car back in to Ford at the end of his lease in 2016. Asked to comment on Marulla's experience, a spokesperson for Ford said all Ford dealerships are supposed to perform a "Master reset" as part of their used car checklist prior to the resale of a vehicle.
Abstract: The absence of deployed vehicular communication systems, which prevents the advanced driving assistance systems and autopilots of semi/fully autonomous cars to validate their virtual perception regarding the physical environment surrounding the car with a third party, has been exploited in various attacks suggested by researchers. Since the application of these attacks comes with a cost, the delicate exposure vs. application balance has held, and attacks of this kind have not yet been encountered in the wild.
As cars evolve into rolling mobile computers, the potential for disastrous cyber attacks has become a new road hazard. New car models are packed with computer chips, sensors and mobile technology that hackers could exploit to sabotage systems or commandeer controls.
ISARA is among several Canadian technology innovators selected by the APMA - Canada's national automotive association representing OEM producers of parts, equipment, tools, supplies, advanced technology, and services for the worldwide automotive industry - for inclusion in the demonstration car at APMA's booth within the Smart Cities showcase. "As cars become ever smarter and more connected, data security is an integral component of driver safety," said ISARA CEO and Co-founder Scott Totzke.
Bye-bye, payroll data for 29,000 US Facebook employees that got left on an unencrypted drive in an employee's car.
Facebook on Friday alerted employees that hard drives rich with information about those on the social network's payroll were stolen from a car last month. read more
The automotive industry is undergoing an evolution towards connected and autonomous vehicles. Increasingly smart cars include added features that enhance users’ experience or improve smart car...