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CSO - All those computerized conveniences in your new car -- dozens of them -- also make it a tempting, rolling menu of attack possibilities for hackers, who can exploit vulnerabilities to steal your car, eavesdrop on what you think are private conversations and even sabotage systems that could make it crash.

 

And it is only recently that auto manufacturers are starting to pay closer attention to them,writes Jim Finkle for Reuters. "Intel's McAfee unit, best known for software that fights PC viruses, is one of a handful of firms that are looking to protect the dozens of tiny computers and electronic communications systems that are built into every modern car," he wrote.