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Security News for the Week Ending September 3, 2021

Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]

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Unhappy Days in Tesla-Land

Tesla (and other self driving car companies) have been particularly close-mouthed about crashes, especially when their cars are in self driving mode. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a new rule that pulls the covers off of that secrecy. Now companies will have to report ALL crashes in which semi-autonomous, steering assist or […]

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Security News for the Week Ending May 21, 2021

Teslas can be Hacked via a DRONE Without any Owner Interaction Researchers have shown how they can hack a Tesla from a done without the owner even being aware that he or she is being attacked and particularly, without the owner being involved in the takeover of the car. The attack, called TBONE, was reported […]

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Security News for the Week Ending March 26, 2021

China Bans Military and Government from using Teslas – Due to ‘Spying’ The WSJ is reporting that the Chinese government has restricted the use of Tesla vehicles near or in sensitive installations like military and government facilities. The theory is that the cameras on Teslas could be used for spying. Tesla, of course, denies that […]

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The Risk of the Insider Threat

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, sent an email to all employees over the weekend telling them that the company was hacked by an employee who changed code on an internal product and sent company data outside without permission. The software, the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System, is likely used internally in the manufacturing process. The employee […]

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