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Cars: The Next Hacking Frontier?
Posted on: 2010-08-31 14:52:13 By Elinor Mills @ CNET News That nice, new, computerized car you just bought could be hackable. Of course, your car is probably not a high-priority target for most malicious hackers. But security experts tell CNET that car hacking is starting to move from the realm of the theoretical to reality thanks to new wireless technologies and evermore dependence on computers to make cars safer, more energy efficient and modern. "Now there are computerized systems and they have control over critical components of cars like gas, brakes, etc.," said Adriel Desautels, chief technology officer and president of NetraGard, which does vulnerability assessments and penetration testing on all kinds of systems. "There is a premature reliance on technology." Read more... |