Remember that cyber-experiment when a couple of hackers managed to take control over a speeding car in the middle of the highway? Well, IOActive has published a study, entitled Commonalities in Vehicle Vulnerabilities, after three years of testing, and the results are quite scary. It tested a "leading vehicle manufacturer", discovering that half of the found vulnerabilities could allow hackers either partial or full control over the target vehicle. What’s more, almost three quarters of these vulnerabilities could be exploited quite easily, which makes IOActive conclude that they most likely will be exploited. Half of the vulnerabilities found (50 percent) are deemed "critical"… [Continue Reading]