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Pros and cons of RightTrack or SnapShot devices

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:00:35 +0000

Insurance companies are starting to offer discounts if you plug one of their devices, often called a RightTrack or SnapShot, into your car’s ODB2 port. One of my college buddies asked me about them when his insurance company offered his

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Pogue’s attitude is unfortunately far too common

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:00:54 +0000

According to David Pogue, since hacking a car is “nearly impossible,” we shouldn’t talk about it anymore. That, my friends, is precisely what’s wrong with security and security awareness today. Flying to the moon is nearly impossible, after all, and

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What you can learn about corporate networks from the Jeep hack

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:00:17 +0000

I’ve talked before about the infamous Jeep hack, but there’s more to learn from it than just that cars are vulnerable. The way Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek hacked the Jeep has implications for any computer network. What Miller and

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Stunt Hacking: Why Charlie Miller hacked a Jeep driving on I-64

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:00:00 +0000

St. Louis-based security researcher Charlie Miller and his collaborator Chris Valasek got themselves in the news this week by hacking a Jeep driven by Wired journalist Andy Greenberg on I-64. The reaction was mixed, but one common theme was, why I-64, where lives

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