A pair of well-known hackers have proven that they can take over a car's vital functions--including brakes and acceleration -- from anywhere with an Internet connection.
Jared Newman | 22 Jul | 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
WHIR-HONK, WHIR-HONK, WHIR-HONK...that's the sound of a 2015 Cadillac Escalade going ballistic. It doesn't matter if you're a real thief or a three-foot stuffed bear--the Escalade's new motion-sensing technology can stop someone from stealing your stuff (or the SUV itself)--or at least deafen them in the process.
John Brandon | 13 Aug | Read more
A pair of South Carolina lawmakers has introduced legislation that would pave the way for a pilot program involving electronic license plates that could be altered remotely by the state's DMV.
Evan Dashevsky | 17 Jun | Read more