Thanks to increased computerization and access to the outside world for functions including music and social networking, researchers have successfully hacked cars -- brakes applied remotely ...

To be sure, the "hackers" involved were well-intentioned computer security experts, and it took both groups months to break into the computers.

Every car component has different codebases which without proper testing and security are vulnerable to bugs, errors, and malicious code.

Chris Calisek hacks computers for a living to expose security issues. "You could remotely wreck someone or remotely stop the car," he told CBS2's Serene Branson. Liam O'Murchu is a computer expert ...

Security researchers say criminals first have to detach a car's headlights and then connect the hacking tool with two cables.

You probably don't spend much time thinking about the computer in your car, but a pair of Spanish security researchers sure does. In preparation for next month's Black Hat Asia security conference ...

A start-up company called Karamba Security has developed malware prevention technology for the externally connected electronic control units (ECUs) found in cars.

In spite of advances in smart key security systems for vehicles, car thieves are using laptop computers to defeat the systems and steal the cars.

By better deriving intent from objects and motions and filtering out the false alarms, computer vision shows enormous potential as a risk reduction tool and an information filter to help security ...

A start-up company called Karamba Security has developed malware prevention technology for the externally connected electronic control units (ECUs) found in cars.