Two Automakers’ Servers Still Took ‘admin:admin’ on a Hidden Console, Researchers Say. A Test Car Got Remote-Started. Fixes Took 2 Hours
Security researchers Sam Curry and Shubham Shah say the customer-login servers at two automakers still...
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He Had Both Escalade Keys at Home When It Vanished. Deputies Say Thieves Used a Computer to Make a Third
A Kendall Escalade owner woke up to an empty driveway and both keys still in the house. Miami-Dade deputies say…
Hackers Spent Three Weeks in German Dealer Software and Walked Off With Buyers’ Delivery Dates and Loan Amounts
A three-week intrusion into GeNesys, dealer software used by Volkswagen Group retailers in Germany, exposed order numbers, delivery dates and…
BYD’s Shark 6 Security Fix Closes the Door a Researcher Used, and an Aftermarket App Goes With It
BYD says an over-the-air update will close the Android debug route used in the Four Corners Shark 6 demonstration. An…
Researcher Shut Off a Moving BYD’s Headlights From the Roadside, Then Used Its Speakers to Get Siri to Read Out the Driver’s Home Address
A researcher sat on the shoulder of a road outside Canberra with a laptop and...
South Korea Just Rehearsed a Hacked Steering Wheel. The U.S. Never Wrote the Playbook.
Nobody’s steering wheel actually moved on September 15. That was the point. Inside Hyundai’s Advanced...
Black Hat Just Proved Your EV Charger Can Infect Your Car—And Everything Else Nearby
Forget air-gapped security discussions. Forget the naive assumption that physical charging hardware couldn’t be turned...