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By Cory Gunther,  Review Geek It’s no secret that Tesla has endured its share of potential problems regarding hackers accessing vehicles. However, a new report out of Austria shows a big vulnerability with Tesla’s NFC key cards that could let a hacker add a new card, then steal your car. Last year, Tesla issued several updates around the key cards to improve usage and security. The update made it easier to start a vehicle after unlocking the doors with the digital key card, as the key didn’t need to be placed in the center console to shift out of park and drive off. Unfortunately, that change also left a significant vulnerability wide open. For those unaware, Tesla’s NFC key card is one of three ways to unlock a vehicle, with the other two being the physical key fob or the Tesla phone app. According to a security researcher in Austria named Martin Herfurt, Tesla made several changes to the time limit when using NFC key cards. Last year’s update allows a 130-second window betwe...

By Bill Toulas, Bleeping Computer In a new reconnaissance campaign, the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Turla was observed targeting the Austrian Economic Chamber, a NATO platform, and the Baltic Defense College. This discovery comes from cybersecurity firm Sekoia, which built upon previous findings of Google’s TAG , which has been following Russian hackers closely this year. Google warned about coordinated Russian-based threat group activity in late March 2022, while in May, they spotted two Turla domains used in ongoing campaigns. Sekoia used this information to investigate further and found that Turla targeted the federal organization in Austria and the military college in the Baltic region.