Soon we will be able to unlock and start our cars from our phones. Let’s hope people are thinking about security. [...]

Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop:...the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to the trains they targeted. Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands …

Two men have been convicted of hacking the taxi dispatch system at the JFK airport. This enabled them to reorder the taxis on the list; they charged taxi drivers $10 to cut the line. [...]

Interesting discussion of vulnerabilities and exploits against Boston’s CharlieCard. [...]