Security News

Tesla Awards Researcher $10,000 After Finding XSS Vulnerability
2019-07-15 19:17

A researcher has earned $10,000 from Tesla after discovering a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could have been exploited to obtain — and possibly modify — vehicle information....

Tesla 3 navigation system fooled with GPS spoofing
2019-06-27 15:16

Cybersecurity researchers have fooled the Tesla Model 3's automatic navigation system into rapidly braking and taking a wrong turn on the highway.

Research shows Tesla Model 3 and Model S are vulnerable to GPS spoofing attacks
2019-06-19 11:19

Tesla Model S and Model 3 electric cars are vulnerable to cyberattacks aimed at their navigation systems, according to research from Regulus Cyber. Staged attack caused the car to veer off the...

Adversarial Machine Learning against Tesla's Autopilot
2019-04-04 11:18

Researchers have been able to fool Tesla's autopilot in a variety of ways, including convincing it to drive into oncoming traffic. It requires the placement of stickers on the road. Abstract: Keen...

Researchers trick Tesla’s Autopilot into driving into oncoming traffic
2019-04-03 10:55

They placed unobtrusive stickers that drivers wouldn't see but would fool autopilot into thinking the lane was veering off to the left.

Wrecked Teslas hang onto your (unencrypted) data
2019-04-02 10:14

Sold at salvage and auctions, they contain info from drivers' paired mobile devices, plus highly personal pre-crash video.

Hack a Tesla Model 3, get cash and the car
2019-01-15 11:08

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...

Researchers Invited to Hack a Tesla at Pwn2Own 2019
2019-01-15 06:27

Researchers can earn up to $300,000 and a car if they manage to hack a Tesla Model 3 at this year’s Pwn2Own competition, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced on Monday. read more

Infosec's Thanksgiving turkey triumvirate: Tesla, Tumblr, Trump (as in Ivanka)... and tons more
2018-11-21 02:07

It's like a turducken of screw-ups Roundup As America prepares for Thursday's Thanksgiving rituals of turkey, football, and awkward conversations with extended family, three organisations are...