Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Despite headlines, hype, and hysteria, U.S. Government rightly chooses cybersecurity guidance over regulation The Obama Administration today unveiled its long-awaited safety policy for self-driving or automated vehicles (AVs). Despite the recent tragic death of a passenger travelling in a Tesla-built The…
Cyber security a key feature of US rules on self-driving cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The US government publishes a policy aimed at ensuring the safety of self-driving cars Cyber security and privacy protections are among key safety considerations makers of self-driving cars will be required to meet under a recently published US government policy.
Connected Cars Could Be Assassination Vehicles
The US Attorney General’s Office has warned that rogue nation states could remotely hack vehicles for the purpose of killing their ideological or geopolitical enemies. “There is no Internet-connected system where you can build a wall that’s high enough or deep enough to keep a dedicated nation-state adversary or a…
Cars Exposed to Hacking Inside Car Dealerships
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researcher Craig Smith developed a device to test if car diagnostics tools used in car dealerships to test and fix modern cars can be hacked and then used as infection stations, spreading malware to other cars. Craig named this concept…
Hacking risk threatens the future of connected cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The connected car may be catching everyone’s imagination at this year’s IAA auto show. But the new technology also brings with it new dangers, such as hacking. Carmakers at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which opens its doors to the general public…
UBER HIRES HACKERS: UBER RESEARCHING SELF-DRIVING CARS BY HIRING THEIR OWN HACKERS TO TEST THINGS OUT
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Uber has hired hackers in order for them to conduct well-rounded research on their self-driving cars. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber Technologies Inc. hired security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who will work in the company’s Pittsburgh lab….
Counting on government to protect cars from hackers isn’t our best option
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Recently, a number of media outlets, including Wired magazine and theWashington Post, reported how two hackers wirelessly took over a Jeep Cherokee, including at one point on a Missouri highway. The culprits — who staged the “hijacking” for reporters — forced…
Hack to steal cars with keyless ignition: Volkswagen spent 2 years hiding flaw
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Supposedly you could become a “keyless” car thief capable of stealing Ferraris or other high-end cars with keyless engine start functions such as those in Audi, Fiat, Honda, Volkswagen and Volvo vehicles if only one sentence had not been omitted from…
Tesla Looking to Recruit Hackers to Strengthen its Cars Against Cyber-Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans During the annual Def Con event this past Saturday in Las Vegas, carmaker Tesla recruited hackers in the event in an effort to protect its vehicles from possible cyber-attacks. This news comes after the exposure of how vulnerable to hacking automobiles…
Project CARS and Mortal Kombat X headline this week’s Deals with Gold
This week’s Deals with Gold promotion includes Project CARS, the critically acclaimed simulation game from Slightly Mad Studios. Other AAA titles, such as Mortal Kombat X and Thief, are also discounted for the Xbox One, with the Xbox 360 sale seeing a host of titles in the Hitman franchise. View…
