In-brief: Tesla Motors CTO attends DEF CON thanking researchers for finding flaws in the Model S and seeking harmony with the security community. If you can’t beat them, join them. Not only were Tesla Motors representatives were on hand at last week’s DEF CON 23, they were recruiting, and answering questions about one of the talks targeting their Model S car. They even parked one of the cars within the Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Convention Hall right next to the conference’s annual Capture the Flag competition. Over the course of the last two years, researchers Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and CTO of mobile security firm Lookout, and Marc Rogers, principal security researcher for CloudFlare, discovered six vulnerabilities and then worked with the electric car company to patch them. Last Wednesday, one day before their scheduled talk, Tesla pushed out a patch to every Model S in the world. And […]
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Tech, Retail Firms Propose Privacy Standards for Internet of Things
In-brief: The Online Trust Alliance, a group representing some of the largest technology and retail firms in the U.S., has proposed a framework for ensuring the privacy and security of connected devices. The OTA proposal would eliminate some of the more egregious data harvesting practices of connected device makers.
Doctors Still In the Dark After Electronics Records Hack Exposes Data on 4 Million
In-brief: Four million patients of more than 230 hospitals, doctors offices and clinics had patient data exposed in a May attack on the Fort Wayne, Indiana firm Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), according to the Indiana Attorney General.
Podcast: Interview with Car Hacker Chris Valasek of IOActive
In-brief: Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Chris Valasek, the Director of Vehicle Research at IOActive about the work he and Charlie Miller did to develop wireless based attacks that control the braking, steering and acceleration of late model Chrysler vehicles.
Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.4m Vehicles to Patch Wireless Vulnerability
In-brief: Fiat Chrysler is recalling 1.4 million vehicles to fix a software flaw that leaves the cars vulnerable to wireless hacks that could affect braking, steering and acceleration.
