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AI doubled auto industry cyberattacks: Upstream
The rise of malicious incidents last year reveals that the mobility industry’s early adoption of the technology has accelerated cybersecurity…
Auto Industry Under Siege: Ransomware Attacks Double as AI Fuels Threats
Experts agree that the rapid adoption of AI in automotive systems has expanded the digital attack surface, creating unprecedented cybersecurity…
Connected Vehicle Cyber Risk
Upstream Report Flags Remote Attack Growth As HSB Adds Fleet Cyber Coverage
Automotive Ransomware Attacks More Than Doubled in 2025
More AI, expanded autonomous technologies and evolving threat actors are elevating cyber risks.
Study: Automotive Ransomware Attacks More Than Double in 2025
Tonya Fowler
Global Research Vice President of Best Practices, Frost & Sullivan
“Upstream Security has quickly developed an excellent reputation by developing an industry leading cloud-based centralized cybersecurity platform that enables clients to safeguard the technologies and applications of connected and autonomous vehicles via application of big data and Machine Learning.”
Upstream: Ransomware attacks in the automotive sector are doubling
Ransomware surges as auto cyberattacks double
Ransomware attacks targeting automotive and smart mobility more than doubled in 2025, accounting for 44 per cent of all incidents,…
Ransomware on Automotive and Smart Mobility Doubled in 2025
Upstream’s report finds that the rapid adoption of Physical AI, with autonomous vehicles among the first production-ready systems in real-world…
Škoda partners with Upstream to strengthen cyber resilience across its connected vehicle ecosystem
Upstream Security have announced a strategic partnership with Škoda to support the automaker’s unified, proactive approach to cybersecurity across its connected vehicles, digital…
Škoda partners with Upstream on cybersecurity
Škoda has announced a partnership with cybersecurity firm Upstream to consolidate cyber threat intelligence, risk monitoring and compliance activities across…
Tommy Hansson
Vice President Innovation Lab at Volvo Group Connected Solutions
“The partnership approach is becoming ever more important, and the result of the collaboration between Upstream and Volvo can be beneficial to many people”
Upstream partners with Škoda to strengthen connected vehicle cybersecurity
Automotive cybersecurity company Upstream Security Inc. today announced a new strategic partnership with Škoda Auto a.s. to support the automaker’s…
Skoda partners cybersecurity firm
SKODA has joined a growing list of global automotive businesses partnering with cybersecurity company Upstream as it moves to protect…
Chicago Car Crooks Crack Key Fobs In Minutes, Cops Warn
Chicago drivers are on alert as law enforcement flags a spike in car thefts that rely on small electronic gadgets…
Déjà Vu in Detroit: When AI Feels Like Cybersecurity in 2017
A few short years ago, the automotive industry faced a wake-up call. The 2015 Jeep hack brought “cybersecurity” from the…
Cybersecurity risks inside the powertrain: why EVs need defence at the motor level
The powertrain in modern EVs has become a cyber-physical system where software controls motion. This convergence of code and current…