Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

Mobile Devices said will soon distribute an update that will fix the security flaw in its On-Board Diagnostics II (OBD-II) dongle which was shown to allow a Corvette to be controlled through a text message.

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have figured out how to control certain features on a car via text.

An IBM security research team has uncovered an additional flaw in Android that can give a malicious app the ability to fully control a device.

A researcher has developed an algorithm that exploits a flaw in a Facebook privacy setting to link cell phone numbers to Facebook accounts.

An Android vulnerability - dubbed Certifi-gate - can enable an attacker to take over practically any device running the popular mobile operating system.

Tesla Motors has already patched the flaw that allowed researchers to turn off and stop a Tesla S when it is driving at slow speed.

Harman Kardon said it has told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other car makers that it believes only Chrysler vehicles have potentially vulnerable infotainment systems.

Trend Micro has identified a new Android denial-of-service bug that can be exploited to make devices unresponsive and practically unusable.