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Vehicles Face 45% More Attacks, 4 Times More Hackers
Security incidents affecting the automotive and mobility industries shot up nearly 50% in the first quarter of 2025.
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Security report reveals alarming trends in auto cybersecurity threats
There was a startling and sharp increase in cyber threats within the automotive industry in 2024. Despite regulatory scrutiny, cybercriminals…
Baby, You Can Hack My Car: Upstream’s 2025 Automotive and Smart Mobility Cybersecurity Report
Cyberattacks in the automotive industry are on the rise. They’re also becoming more impactful. And the gap between the risk…
Report: Critical gaps remain in automotive cybersecurity
Upstream Security, a provider of a cloud-based cybersecurity and data management platform purpose-built for the automotive, smart mobility, and IoT…
Vehicle cybersecurity: Major hacking attempts triple in 2024
Massive-scale global incidents from hackers targeting connected vehicles and mobility services tripled from 5% to 19% in 2024, according to…
Cyberattacks on Auto, Mobility Industries on the Rise
Upstream Security’s 2025 Automotive & Smart Mobility Cybersecurity report finds the attacks are also getting more serious.
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: Auto Industry Cyber Attacks Rising
Cybersecurity firm Upstream, which specializes in the auto industry, says cyberattacks are growing as more software-laden vehicles and electric-vehicle charging…
Vehicle cybersecurity under scrutiny as major hacking attempts triple in 2024
Massive-scale global incidents from hackers targeting connected vehicles and mobility services tripled from 5% to 19% in 2024, according to…
Upstream Security report reveals critical gaps in auto cybersecurity
Upstream Security’s 2025 Automotive & Smart Mobility Cybersecurity Report released today reveals that 60% of cybersecurity incidents in the automotive…
Why automakers are reluctant to discuss EV charger cyber risks
Automakers are reluctant to discuss their cybersecurity efforts in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure sector because doing so would expose…
Cyberattacks at EV charging stations are on the rise
Cyberattacks targeting automotive and smart mobility products jumped 39 percent last year from 2023, according to a new report from…
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”
US Ban on Automotive Components Could Curb Supply Chain
The US Department of Commerce will prohibit the import of components for connected vehicles from China or Russia, as the…
Cybersecurity in the Automotive Sector: Securing Dealerships’ Data Assets Amid Growing Threats
In the automotive industry, nearly half the activities black hat and fraud operators worldwide undertake to create disruption and chaos…
Cybersecurity Expert Says Crowdstrike and CDK Global Incidents Serve as Wake-Up Calls
When cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike’s platform went down in July, it became the most significant outage in the history of information…
Automotive Industry Faces Growing Cyber Attacks
When people think of hacking, they usually worry about their computers and phones. But there’s another sector that is seeing…
Software-Defined Vehicle Fleets Face a Twisty Road on Cybersecurity
Vehicles have been connected for decades, whether as part of an in-vehicle maintenance system or driver assistance. Yet, software-defined vehicles…