Cars that wirelessly talk to each other are finally ready for the road, creating the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths, improve the safety of self-driving cars and someday maybe even help solve traffic jams, automakers and government officials say. …
In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled everything from the car’s radio and media console to its brakes and steering. For Dr. Shucheng Yu, an associate professor …
California-based Quadrant Information Services, a provider of big data technology for the property/casualty insurance industry, warns that digitization is a two-edged sword: with increased capability comes an increased danger of expensive—and possibly actionable—data security breaches. Breaches of data security are …
Two men jailed in Houston, Texas, and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability to advance auto theft into high-tech crime. Michael Arce, 24, and Jesse Zelaya, 22, focused …
Ransomware is evolving from a relatively low-dollar extortion racket, into a more sophisticated, more expensive, and more prevalent major criminal activity. Hardly a day goes by anymore without ransomware or cyber extortion making the news. A seeming turning point in …
U.S. burger chain operator Wendy’s Co. said it had discovered additional instances of unusual credit card activity at some of its franchise-operated restaurants, widening the scope of an earlier cyber attack on the company. The company in January said it …
An unusual strain of virus-like hacker software that exploits computer server vulnerabilities – without requiring human interaction – is a leading example of a new generation of “ransomware,” according to a new report by Cisco Systems Inc. Hackers use such …
Russia and China present the greatest cyber security threat to the U.S., but Iran is trying to increase and spend more on its capabilities, the Navy admiral in charge of the military’s Cyber Command told Congress Tuesday. Adm. Michael Rogers …
The hackers who seriously disrupted operations at a large hospital chain recently and held some data hostage broke into a computer server left vulnerable despite urgent public warnings since at least 2007 that it needed to be fixed with a …
The web portal used by millions of consumers to get health insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s law logged 316 security incidents in just under 18 months, said a report Wednesday by nonpartisan congressional investigators. The Government Accountability Office said …