If You Can Hack Into This Tesla Model 3, It's Yours
Pwn2Own is a hacking conference with a very simple premise: Hack into the device, and it’s yours. All sorts of…
Here's a Friendly Reminder That You Can Put Your Car Key in Your Fridge to Protect It From Hackers
Modern car technology is like medicine. It gives you a benefit you may or may not need, in exchange for a long list of…
Nissan Canada's Finance Unit Reports Data Breach That Could Impact More Than 1 Million Customers
Nissan Canada’s finance arm is notifying more than one million customers of a data breach that led to personal…
Use A Faraday Cage And Not A Silly Steering Lock To Protect Your Car From Hackers
We’ve heard for a while now that hackers are taking advantage of keyless entry systems to steal modern cars in what are…
Uber Security Breach Exposed Personal Data Of 57 Million Customers And Drivers
Uber concealed a massive breach for more than a year, in which hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers…
Chinese Researchers Hack The Tesla Model X So Hard They Make It Do A Lightshow
After discovering similar vulnerabilities in the Model S last year, the Chinese security research firm Tencent Keen…
California DMV Thinks Car Terms Are Drug Terms, Refuses Personalized License Plate
I know DMVs aren’t necessarily staffed with gearheads or even anyone who necessarily gives a rat’s rectum about cars,…
Code To Hack Mazdas With A USB Drive Is Now Available To Anyone
It’s been a sort of open secret for a few years now that you can hack the infotainment system on some 2014 and up Mazdas
Chinese Hackers Show How To Steal Your Car With $20 Of Hardware
I’ve never really been crazy about proximity keys, mostly because I’m a scatter-brained fool. The overall car industry…
BMW Takes A Profit Hit As It Pushes Hard For Electric Cars And Tech
1st Gear: Paying The Cost To Try And Be The Boss
There's Finally An Affordable Plug-And-Play Car Hacking Tool
If you’ve been even remotely aware of the sorts of things geeks and makers and tinkerers and basement cyborg-makers…
There’s A New Way People Can Break Into Cars With Keyless Entry Systems And Drive Off
It’s freaky enough when hackers can disable brakes, control a steering wheel or shut down an engine as a vehicle goes…
It's Legal To Hack Your Own Car Again—At Least For The Next Two Years
You may recall that there has been a struggle among those of us that like to work on our own cars. A struggle against…
Apple Gives Up On Building Its Own Car Because The Entire Project Was A Shitshow
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday…
Hackers Used Fiat Chrysler's Dealership Software To Steal Over 100 Cars: Report
A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about two men who had been caught hacking into and stealing Jeeps and Rams. Now Fiat…
Almost Every Volkswagen Built Since 1995 Is Vulnerable To Wireless Unlocking Hacks
Even more bad news for Volkswagen: security researchers have discovered a huge security hole that affects potentially…
Hackers Stole More Than 30 Jeeps And Dodges In Houston Using A Laptop (Updated)
Last year in a Wired report, a duo of computer geeks showed the world they could hack into and immobilize a Jeep…
Car-Hacking Team Once Again Hacks A Jeep Cherokee, With More Dangerous Results
First, I want to make it clear that the type of hack that the car-hacking superfriends Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek…
BMWs Can Now Be Hacked Through A Web Browser, Convienently
Since we do pretty much everything on the web nowadays – order food, tell people what terrible parents they are,…
The Mitsubishi Outlander Hybrid Is Hackable Over WiFi
Mitsubishi may have needed to cut some corners recently, but one odd decision the nice folks of the diamond-star made…