Connected cars are now a reality, but are they secure?

Privacy, software updates and car-oriented mobile apps in connected cars are three areas where cybercriminals could potentially launch attacks.

Kaspersky Lab and IAB, Spain’s leading marketing and digital media company, announce the launch of the First Annual Connected Cars Study, a pioneering piece of research.

The main objective of this study is to provide an overview of the connected car market, combining all available information to answer some burning questions and bring some unity to the highly fragmented software ecosystem currently offered by manufacturers. Vicente Diaz, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, was responsible for developing a proof of concept to analyze the safety implications of connecting these cars to the Internet.

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