A SECURITY flaw has been detected in a very common car model – with over 1.4 million vehicles potentially affected.
Experts have revealed 12 new security vulnerabilities affecting the Skoda Superb III, which is one of the world’s most popular sedans.
A popular car model is reportedly under threat from hackers[/caption]
The vehicle is one of the world’s best-known sedans[/caption]
Worryingly, these weaknesses could allow a threat to access the Superb’s GPS and speed information.
Worse still, they could even potentially remotely record conversations and access the car’s infotainment screen.
Techradar reported that PCAutomotive’s cybersecurity researchers revealed they were able to exploit the car’s vulnerabilities by injecting malware into the vehicle without authentication.
The security flaws even allowed them to achieve unrestricted code execution, and to run malicious code when the unit starts up.
This could result in a hacker taking screenshots of the in-car infotainment screen, record conversations through the microphone, and access live GPS coordinates via a Bluetooth connection.
However, reassuringly, controls such as the car’s brakes, steering, and accelerator were not accessible.
It’s believed these Skoda’s vulnerabilities could impact over 1.4 million vehicles.
Wider concerns include the fact that Skoda supplies cars to law enforcement bodies worldwide.
This comes as a female driver has revealed the one question men shout at her every time she visits the gas pump – and the snarky reply that quickly shuts them up.
Cate turns heads each time she drives to the gas station to fill up her Volkswagen Jetta.
In a video, the TikToker explained that when she reaches for a diesel pump, exasperating men always question her decision.
Her ride has a TDI (turbocharged direct injection) engine, which is powered by diesel fuel.
Cate, a recent college graduate, knows exactly what she’s doing at the pump, but nearby know-it-alls think she’ll ruin her ride.
“I’m a dumb blonde, and they think I’m just using the pretty green pump,” she joked in the now-viral video.
One time, an older man ran right out of the gas station to try and stop her when she started filling up.
He asked if she knew whether she was putting diesel in her car, but this time, the outraged driver was done explaining herself.
Instead of answering his question, she said, “Oh no,” then got right back in the car and speeded away.
“And he was like, ‘Wait, how’d her car not break down?’” she said.
And elsewhere, tens of thousands of used cars sold in a major city this year have had their odometers rolled back, according to reports.
Vehicles sold in Atlanta, Georgia, are showing inaccurate mileage, according to estimates from Carfax.
Hackers could potentially remotely record conversations and access the car’s infotainment screen[/caption]
