Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. As vehicles increasingly integrate advanced technology and ...

Connected vehicles continue to increase in popularity with features such as remote access and start, but what if a hacker could access those same features to gain access to a car? A group of security ...

Cybersecurity experts recently revealed how one type of car had a troubling vulnerability to hackers. These hackers could’ve easily taken remote control over the car using just a license plate number.

Update, 4:30pm EDT: This story has been updated with a response from Sam Curry, one of the white hat hackers. For quite a few years now, nearly every new car sold has been connected to the Internet.

The Kia Boyz apparently did things the hard way as security researchers recently discovered millions of vehicles built after 2013 could be taken over with their license plate. That’s a shocking ...

Car owners, are you sitting down? Cybersecurity researchers recently reported a flaw in a website -- operated by automaker Kia -- that enabled them to remotely control key functions of millions of ...

The latest buzzword in the automotive industry, "software-defined vehicle," is nebulous to the degree of being meaningless, as every vehicle on the road depends on some kind of computer programming ...

Connected cars are great, as they let you communicate with other systems and devices via the internet, but connectivity opens the door to hacking. As it turns out, hacking a Nissan Leaf isn’t nearly ...

DETROIT (AP) – As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk ...

The Battlestar Galactica had no networked computers for the simple reason that they might allow the Cylons to take control of the ship. You might want to think about that next time you pop in a burned ...