Online portal exposed car and personal data, allowed anyone to remotely unlock cars

A carmaker’s online dealership portal has been found leaking the private information and vehicle data of its customers. This also meant that anyone with access could remotely break into a car. Researcher Eaton Zveare shared his discovery with TechCrunch. Although he said he has chosen not to...

CVE-2023-28912

The MIB3 unit stores the synchronized phone contact book in clear-text, allowing an attacker with either code execution privilege on the system or physical access to the system to obtain vehicle owner's contact data. The vulnerability was originally discovered in Skoda Superb III car with MIB3...

License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them...

Malicious code in vehicle-data-store-connection (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 4c6802f89906e18e5e41df18e11e76065ac56c4b4c2c8352c4d6a6c4bc8b43ff The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vehicle-data-store-connection' @ 4.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: -...

MAL-2023-8528 Malicious code in vehicle-data-store-connection (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 4c6802f89906e18e5e41df18e11e76065ac56c4b4c2c8352c4d6a6c4bc8b43ff The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vehicle-data-store-connection' @ 4.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: -...

Surveillance of Your Car

TheMarkup has an extensive analysis of connected vehicle data and the companies that are collecting it. The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected vehicle data industry that seeks to monetize such data in an environment with few regulations governing its...

Vgate iCar 2 Wi-Fi OBD2 Dongle Unencrypted Data Transfer Vulnerability

Vgate iCar 2 Wi-Fi OBD2 Dongle is an automotive fault detection device from VgateTechnology, China. A security vulnerability exists in the Vgate iCar 2 Wi-Fi OBD2 Dongle, which stems from the program's failure to encrypt data packets passed between the iOS or Android app and the OBD dongle, and t...

CAPTCHA Bypass Vulnerability in FAW-Volkswagen After-Sales Service App Android Version

FAW-VW After-sales Service APP is a software that provides professional after-sales service. Through this software, you can call roadside assistance with one click at anytime and anywhere. The software also provides personal automobile information, online reservation and automobile repair progres...