Huge rock, cracked windshield helps hacker land a $10k Tesla security bug
If you have the right information, a cracked windshield on a Tesla can be worth five times its cost of replacement.
If you have the right information, a cracked windshield on a Tesla can be worth five times its cost of replacement.
Tesla is working to make sure a fleet-wide attack can't occur, Musk told attendees at the National Governors Association
Tesla has patched six flaws in its Model S vehicles as it finds its new head of security from the ranks of an elite group of hackers in Google’s Project Zero.
Tesla has issued a security update to its Model S car after security researchers discovered six flaws that allowed them to control its entertainment software and hijack the vehicle.
Fred O'Connor | 07 Aug | Read more
All ransomware is not created equal and therefore should not be universally feared, a researcher will tell the Black Hat 2015 conference this week.
Tim Greene | 04 Aug | Read more
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will renew his appeal to businesses to work more closely with the military on Thursday when he speaks to an audience of top executives at the Sun Valley conference in Idaho.
Martyn Williams | 09 Jul | Read more
Spikes Security wants to fix the problem of the browser by putting it on an appliance
John E Dunn | 30 May | Read more
Robotic surgeon gets hacked...NSA data dragnet broke the law...Tesla has a hit...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 08 May | Read more
If you're not concerned about the privacy implications of wearable technology, consider how you feel knowing that fitness-bracelet provider Jawbone was showing how its San Francisco customers felt the impact of the recent earthquake, based on when their bracelets said they woke up. On a similar note, a survey found that consumers are concerned about online security threats but do little to protect themselves.
David Braue | 01 Sep | Read more
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors wants security researchers to hack its vehicles. In coming months, the Silicon Valley based high-tech carmaker will hire up to 30 full-time hackers whose job will be to find and close vulnerabilities in the sophisticated firmware that controls its cars.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 Aug | Read more
It's the curse of the connected car – once it's linked to the Internet, it's, well, on the Internet. In the case of the Tesla Model S, this means that malicious hackers could, in theory, control some functions of the vehicle and even track it without the owner's knowledge.