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Thatcham drive standards in cyber security
- 28/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Establishing standards to promote consumer confidence around vehicle cyber security is high on the agenda for Thatcham Research, as the British insurers’ research centre turns attentions to combatting future car crime as the newest members of the Cyber Security Consortium for Connected Vehicles (CCV). Connected [...] -
Hackers still targeting high-end vehicles
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Car hackers are continuing to target high-tech cars in London, warns stolen vehicle recovery expert TRACKER. The latest victim from South Kensington had their 2015 Range Rover Evoque stolen from outside their home on the 1st October. The owner realised the vehicle had been stolen when he received a movement alert [...] -
Lasers can stop driverless cars
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A homemade gadget can disable the systems that allow self-driving cars to see where they are going, the BBC reports. Jonathan Petit, a security researcher, demonstrated how a modified, low-cost laser could create ghostlike objects in the path of autonomous cars. The cars slowed down to avoid hitting them and if [...] -
Weakness exposed in OnStar app
- 31/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines remotely. Hacker Samy Kamkar posted a video on Thursday saying he had figured out a way to ‘locate, unlock [...]