Cars
For many of us, the thought of having our car stolen is too great a burden to bear. We assure ourselves by investing in alarm systems, secure parking and cars fitted with keyless entry and start. These cars, we think, would be harder for criminals to steal. How wrong we are.
- Researchers Found Vulnerability In Some Keyless Vehicles, Automakers Blocked Their Findings
The keyless entry feature offered by many automakers puts thousands of cars at risk of electronic car-hacking, expert research has revealed. Read more »...
- Nissan Adds New N-tec+ Trim To X-trail's Uk Range, On Sale Now At £27,790
The Nissan X-Trail has just welcome a new member in the United Kingdom with the addition of the N-Tec+ trim. According to the company, the new grade level it is positioned between the Acenta and flagship Tekna editions. In the standard equipment list...
- Hacking Your Car Through A Smart Phone: An Emerging Security Risk
Security consulting firm iSec Partners warns drivers that thieves could exploit smart phone apps that allow the unlocking and starting of cars remotely. Researchers Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik have hacked the protocols some of these apps use and demonstrated...
- Mazda Updates Jdm Rx-8 With New Colors And Standard Features
The Japanese market Mazda RX-8 sportscar has been updated for 2009 with new standard features and two additional exterior body colors that appear for the first time and are called 'Aluminum Metallic' and 'Metropolitan Gray'. The equipment...
- Chevrolet Citation - Memories
They called it the first Chevy of the 80's. That statement is easy to understand but shockingly confusing. I mean; I'm my family's first child of the 80's, but that alone does absolutely nothing to make me great. "Ooooh, the 80's...
Cars
Swiss Researchers Show how Easy it is to Hack Cars with Keyless Entry
For many of us, the thought of having our car stolen is too great a burden to bear. We assure ourselves by investing in alarm systems, secure parking and cars fitted with keyless entry and start. These cars, we think, would be harder for criminals to steal. How wrong we are.
At the upcoming Network and Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, researchers from ETH Zurich’s system security group will present evidence on how they successfully hacked ten cars from eight manufacturers, using the sort of equipment you can buy at your local electronics’ store.
The small team of computer science researchers – Assistant Professor Srdjan Capkun, Aurélien Fancillon and Boris Danev – were able to gain access and drive away in all ten vehicles simply by exploiting the way keyless entry systems work.
Read more »- Researchers Found Vulnerability In Some Keyless Vehicles, Automakers Blocked Their Findings
The keyless entry feature offered by many automakers puts thousands of cars at risk of electronic car-hacking, expert research has revealed. Read more »...
- Nissan Adds New N-tec+ Trim To X-trail's Uk Range, On Sale Now At £27,790
The Nissan X-Trail has just welcome a new member in the United Kingdom with the addition of the N-Tec+ trim. According to the company, the new grade level it is positioned between the Acenta and flagship Tekna editions. In the standard equipment list...
- Hacking Your Car Through A Smart Phone: An Emerging Security Risk
Security consulting firm iSec Partners warns drivers that thieves could exploit smart phone apps that allow the unlocking and starting of cars remotely. Researchers Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik have hacked the protocols some of these apps use and demonstrated...
- Mazda Updates Jdm Rx-8 With New Colors And Standard Features
The Japanese market Mazda RX-8 sportscar has been updated for 2009 with new standard features and two additional exterior body colors that appear for the first time and are called 'Aluminum Metallic' and 'Metropolitan Gray'. The equipment...
- Chevrolet Citation - Memories
They called it the first Chevy of the 80's. That statement is easy to understand but shockingly confusing. I mean; I'm my family's first child of the 80's, but that alone does absolutely nothing to make me great. "Ooooh, the 80's...