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WIRED | IOActive’s Josep Pi Rodriguez, Principal Security Consultant, was recently featured in a Wired article, ‘Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets,’ where he discussed a technique that he discovered to “”jailbreak” digital license plates sold by Reviver, the leading vendor of those plates in the US with 65,000 plates already sold.” “That susceptibility to jailbreaking, Rodriguez points out, could let drivers with the license plates evade any system that depends on license plate numbers for enforcement…

Corporate Vision | IOActive was recently named ‘Best Research-Led Security Services Provider 2024 – USA‘ for the “ability to help its clients understand their vulnerabilities and risks.” Corporate Vision’s November issue expanded more into the award with a business spotlight highlighting the recent win and what makes IOActive unique. “At the heart of IOActive is a deep understanding of the ‘attacker’s perspective’, something that has served as the foundation for the in-depth research it has carried out and the services it today…

FORESIGHT | John Sheehy, IOActive Senior Vice President, Research & Strategy, was recently featured in an article, ‘Smart buildings are on the rise. So are cyberattacks,’ discussing how the increase in technology in smart buildings has created an increased risk in potential for cyberattacks. “… “These complex cyber-physical systems expose the building and occupants to new risks and threats that in the past required physical access to realise negative consequences,” says John Sheehy of IOActive, a cybersecurity firm based in the United States. ……

CareerInfoSecurity | Gunter Ollmann, IOActive Chief Technology Officer, was featured in a piece from CareerInfoSecurity discussing a recent breach in online services from carmaker Kia that allowed attackers to unlock doors & start engines in Kia automobiles. ‘Cars have been a favorite target for security researchers as software and electronic control units dominate what once were purely analog machines. Smartphone apps capable of controlling core vehicle functionality “expose those traditional physical functions to the communication and security frailties of internet protocols and applications,” said Gunter…