As we enter the age of the software-defined automobile, especially those with electric drivetrains, we’re facing unprecedented risk from cyberattacks, say a wide coterie of experts. According to the Israel-based Upstream firm, from 2019 to 2023 disclosed cybersecurity incidents in the automotive and mobility space increased by more than 50%, with 295 such occurrences in 2023. Some 64% of these attacks were executed by “bad hat actors” with malevolent intent, the report said. And 65% of deep and
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With the worldwide push to stamp out the internal combustion engine and push electric vehicles; a research study on how to thwart the charging process of EVs was introduced. University of Oxford researchers in the UK, in collaboration with Switzerland and the UK’s Armasuisse federal agency, identified a novel attack method that let them remotely force EVs to abort charging. The attack method called Brokenwire works by sending malicious signals wirelessly to the targeted vehicle to cause electr
