Your Car Infotainment Screen Could Be Secretly Running an Ad Fraud Scam
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Your Car Infotainment Screen Could Be Secretly Running an Ad Fraud Scam
If you bought a budget aftermarket Android touchscreen for your car, your dashboard might be secretly working a side hustle for international cybercriminals. Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky recently uncovered a completely novel strain of Android malware specifically designed to target…
A new malware has been detected targeting Android-based car multimedia systems. The alert is from Kaspersky and shows that cars can also be targeted by cyber criminals.
Kaspersky has detected attacks targeting Android-based multimedia displays. The malware spreads via OTA updates without driver error; system slowdowns and data consumption may be symptoms. Experts recommend choosing hardware that complies with the UN R155/156 standard.
Security researchers have discovered a new malware that infects Android-based autoradios and infotainment systems, not via a classic smartphone app, but via the integrated update function of certain autoradio firmwares. Kaspersky experts refer to the discovery as the first documented case of an infection chain specifically tailored to an Android car radio. According to the investigations, devices of the manufacturer DoFun were affected. The syst…
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