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Currently any company can become a victim of a cyberattack. According to cybersecurity specialists, automobile company BMW detected and monitored a hacker group that managed to infiltrate its networks for almost a year. Apparently, the German company’s security team detected the presence of hackers after an instance of Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing tool, […]
A well-known APT Hackers group “OceanLotus” breach the automobile giant BMW network, and successfully installed a hacking tool called “Cobalt Strike” which help them to spy and remotely control the system. Security experts from BMW spotted that hackers penetrate the company network system and remain stayed active since March 2019. The OceanLotus APT group believed […]
After months of speculation, the BMW Mini Cooper Electric is finally here. The Mini Cooper Electric has been launched at a price tag of around $36,000, which lands this car in the territory of one of the most popular electric cars, the Tesla Model 3. BMW will likely do its best to avoid comparisons with […]
In total, researchers have identified 14 vulnerabilities in Multiple Internet-Connected BMW vehicles putting them at risk of being hacked. Old times were trouble-free when we could live without the fear of our home appliances being monitored without our permission and our cars being hacked remotely. Today, almost every car has a computer or silicon chip installed, […]
As recently as May 17th, 2018, a security camera recorded a pair of thieves walking around a car and one of them was holding some type of bag close to the front door of a house. Next thing you know; they managed to steal a Mercedes – This happened in Billericay town of Essex. The incident took […]
A research team from the Tencent firm discovered several security vulnerabilities in BMW models. Tencent Keen Security Lab’s information security experts found 14 vulnerabilities that affect several BMW models, including models; BMW i, BMW X, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series and BMW 7 Series. The investigation was conducted for one year between January 2017 and February […]
Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control units (TCUs) used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles. Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit (TCU) manufactured by Continental AG that is installed on various car models manufactured by BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan. The researchers are Mickey Shkatov, […]
A research discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities residing in the official BMW web domain and ConnectedDrive portal that allow remote hack. Once again IoT devices are affected by a serious flaw that could be exploited by hackers to compromise them, this time we speak of Car Hacking. Almost any modern connected vehicle uses a drive-by-wire system that […]