President and Chairman of Trusted Computing Group (TCG), Dr. Joerg Borchert, shares the news regarding TCG’s first ever CodeGen Developer Challenge.
Security Innovation
Attacks or No, Security Firms Race to Connected Vehicle Market
In-brief: Security giant Symantec’s foray into automotive security is just the latest sign that the connected car market is the new frontier for cyber security firms. But a dearth of attacks and long development cycles may slow progress.
Researchers Prove Connected Cars Can Be Tracked – IEEE Spectrum
In-brief: research from the University of Twente in The Netherlands suggests that vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications may enable passive surveillance of a vehicle’s movements, raising privacy concerns.
Report: Fear of lawsuits chills car hack research | TheHill
In-brief: The Department of Transportation is weighing policies governing independent security researchers’ work on connected vehicles. But security industry experts worry that overreach could put a chill on independent research on connected cars.
Java is My Co-Pilot: Weighing the Security of Connected Cars
In-brief: scandals like the one gripping Volkswagen and the hack of vehicles by Chrysler Fiat have a common thread: a lack of transparency about the software that powers modern cars. A panel at the recent Security of Things Forum took up this issue, and we have the video to share.
