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Smart car security: Good practices to improve car safety
2019-11-26 05:00

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...

NTSB Investigation of Fatal Driverless Car Accident
2019-11-13 12:16

Autonomous systems are going to have to do much better than this. The Uber car that hit and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Ariz., in March 2018 could not recognize all pedestrians, and was being...

Another Facebook hoax: Robbers still throwing eggs at car windows?
2019-11-08 11:25

Bandits? Egg hurling?! Up to 92.5% visibility obscured??!! Don't share this turkey, but do let us know if you decide to test your wipers!

Hackers finding ways to exploit automotive software to overtake cars
2019-10-28 19:44

A new report from IntSights details the many ways cybercriminals break into a new generation of highly digitized cars.

As car manufacturers focus on connectivity, hackers begin to exploit flaws
2019-10-18 04:30

Car manufacturers offer more software features to consumers than ever before, and increasingly popular autonomous vehicles that require integrated software introduce security vulnerabilities....

GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters
2019-10-08 11:14

Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.

Car Dealer Marketing Firm Exposed 198 Million Data Records
2019-09-13 18:23

A publicly accessible, unprotected database belonging to car dealership marketing firm Dealer Leads was found to expose 198 million records, including personally identifiable information, Security...

198 Million Car-Buyer Records Exposed Online for All to See
2019-09-11 14:37

An Elastica DB belonging to Dealer Leads exposed a raft of information collected by "research" websites aimed at prospective car buyers.

Self-driving car service open sources new tool for securing firmware
2019-08-07 18:16

FwAnalyzer provides continuous automated analysis of firmware images.

Connected Cars Could be a Threat to National Security, Group Claims
2019-08-05 15:44

Attack on Connected Cars Could Could Kill Thousands, Advocacy Group Claims read more