A GNSS vehicle tracker is a device that can be equipped to automobiles and are used globally to monitor vehicle fleets, trucks, school buses, military vehicles, etc. and protect them against theft. In addition to collecting data on vehicle location, they typically...

Automated vehicles banned due to security concerns Modern vehicles are equipped with a manifold of sensors in order to provide functionality, such as lane keeping and even more automated functionalities often referred to as pilot assist or autopilot. The array of...

Start-stop system disabling robot The so-called start-stop system of a car is a fuel and emission reducing feature that automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion engine in order to reduce the idle time. Bench tests performed on different cars and...

Cyber attack hits car manufacturer At the end of May news got released that General Motors was hit by a cyber attack exposing car owners' personal information. GM ensures in a letter to their customers that information such as the social security number, driving...

Later this month, an invitation-only event will be held in San Francisco, USA, hosting the German security researcher David Colombo who become famous, at the age of 19 for baffling Tesla and the world when he successfully hacked dozens of their vehicles worldwide. As...

In the beginning of the month news got released that the car rental company Sixt got hit by an attack on April 29. According to Sixt, they were able to detect IT irregularities and mitigated the attack at an early stage which resulted only in a temporary disruption of...