22 August 2026 - 12:21

Category: IT Fail

Now Your Car Firmware Has Malware Too

Kaspersky found malware infecting DoFun vehicle head unit firmware for ad fraud and botnets. Now even our cars need help from IT.

Now Your Car Firmware Has Malware Too

Source: The Hacker News

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Severity: Medium Mood: Ridiculous

Just what we needed, vehicle head units running DoFun Android firmware are now playing host to a fresh malware family built for ad fraud and proxy botnets. Kaspersky uncovered this delight spreading through built-in updaters, proving once more that not even your car dashboard is safe from digital rubbish. Keeping motorists and fleets guarded means somehow keeping DoFun firmware updaters clean of sneaky proxy payloads. I suppose I will add cars to my endless patching queue.

#CarMalware #TiredOfThis
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