Lexus software update gives new meaning to ‘car crash’

Last year, headlines made everyone fearful of hackers taking over cars on the freeway. Turns out the real menace to owners of connected cars are the loopy manufacturers themselves. Toyota had to suck it up this week and admit to Lexus owners, who we...

The problem with ‘pumpkin spice’ security bugs

Bad Password is a hacking and security column by Violet Blue. Every week she'll be exploring the trendy new cyberhysteria, the state of the infosec community and the ever-eroding thing that used to be called "privacy." Bad Password cuts through the...