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With wide deployment expected in the next decade, the driverless automobile landscape looks fraught – from road safety to data protection.

Serious vulnerabilities found in high-end car alarms could have been exploited to remotely hack millions of vehicles, including to track them, immobilise them and spy on their owners. read more

Vulnerable kit can immobilise motors and even unlock doors Researchers have discovered that "smart" alarms can allow thieves to remotely kill your engine at speed, unlock car doors and even tamper...

BleedingBit's impact continues to spread across various devices, researchers at RSA Conference 2019 said.

How features such as infotainment and driver-assist can give others a leg up on car owners.

They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.

A group of United States Senators have written a letter to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to express safety and security concerns regarding the acquisition of metro...

Mitsubishi Electric has developed a multi-layered defense technology that protects connected vehicles from cyber attacks by strengthening their head unit’s defense capabilities. The technology...

Japanese electronics and electrical equipment giant Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on Monday unveiled new technology designed to protect connected vehicles against cyber threats. read more

For this year’s edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has announced a new target category: Automotive. So, aside from striving to hack a variety...