Search Results for "automobile"

Survey: Consumers Wary of Connecting Vehicles

In-brief: Consumers express concerns about connected cars and say they assume vehicles will be hacked. 

Podcast: Craig Smith of OpenGarages on Vehicle Security and GM’s Bug Bounty

In-brief: In this podcast, Paul speaks with Craig Smith of Open Garages on GM’s bounty program, the state of connected vehicle security, and what the auto industry can learn from open source. 

Auto OEM Harman Buys Security firm TowerSec

In-brief: HARMAN, the automobile supplier, said it will buy Tower Security, a maker of security technology for connected vehicles. 

Update: DHS Funding Research into secure updates for Vehicles

    In-brief: the Department of Homeland Security is putting $4 million towards to research projects aimed at securing connected cars. (Updated to add comments from Dan Massey of DHS. – PFR 11/10/2015)

Under The Hood: Wireless Software Links Teslas, Drones

In-brief: The same wireless software that powers a consumer quadcopter is also under the hood of Tesla’s Model S, according to a leading security expert – underscoring the increasingly long and complex software supply chain for connected products.