Social engineering attacks still hit tech companies
In September, Uber reported a massive security breach. Uber got hacked by the LAPSUS$ hacking group which is known for their successful social engineering attacks. LAPSUS$ started in 2021 by hacking Brazil’s Ministry of Health and in the year 2022 they can already...
NHTSA’s “Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles” report has recently been updated.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which is an agency of the U.S. federal government and part of the Department of Transportation, has just a month ago released an update of its “Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles”, originally...
Ride-hailing service attack causes massive traffic jam
On first of September the ride-hailing service ‘Yandex Taxi’ got hacked by Anonymous and the IT Army of Ukraine. Attack details have not been published, but they claim to have hacked the mobile application. The details available are that the attackers made a huge...
Registration for AutoSec lunch seminar on 26/10/2022
AutoSec lunch seminar on Wednesday 26/10/2022 AutoSec invites you to a lunch seminar concerning Cybersecurity in the Automotive industry Time: Wednesday, October 26th at 11.45-13.00 Adress: Östra Hamngatan 5, Göteborg There will be a light lunch served in the...
Malicious USB-C cables and USB-C as a EU standard
Almost one year ago, the EU commission forwarded a legislation to establish a common charging solution for all relevant devices in their work against electronic-waste and consumer inconvenience, caused by the prevalence of different, incompatible chargers for...
2022 so far and the journey of a programmer to hack their car
The first half of 2022 The first half of the year 2022 started with a vulnerability in Tesla vehicles allowing attackers to control some vehicle functions. This vulnerability in a third-party application highlighted once more that vehicles have become a platform on...