Shaw Capital Working Management Tips: Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat
of Hack Attacks
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Shaw Capital Working Management Tips: Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat
of Hack Attacks
http://www.
foxnews.
com/leisure/2011/09/07/report-says-cars-face-growing-threat-hackattacks/?test=faces
Texting and driving are a bad combination, but according to a new report it could get a
lot worse.
An analysis by computer security giant McAfee titled “Caution: Malware Ahead”
suggests that the large amount of electronics being used in cars today is making them
increasingly vulnerable to hack attacks, even by something as simple as textmessage.
Embedded systems, including those for engine management, active cruise control and
airbags, now live side by side with telematics that connect vehicles to wireless
communication devices and the “cloud” through services like Ford’s Sync and General
Motors’ OnStar, which has the ability to shut down cars and unlock doors remotely.
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in one virtual door and the others may be even easier to open
Many automakers also offer programs and apps that give o
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