In this day and age anything with a rudimentary electronic circuit is subject to hacking. So it should come as no big surprise that hackers are paying attention to the keyless entry systems found in ...
When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...
Digital security research Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and ...
Much ado has been made about the possibility of someone hacking today’s internet-connected vehicles. Thankfully, that hasn’t really come to bear quite yet—except in the shadowy realm of stolen cars, ...
We’ve seen some weird stolen things in cars, but what about a strange way to have a car stolen? Police in the West Midlands of England are looking for two suspects who stole a car in late September ...
There have been reports in the news for a couple of years now that it’s quite easy to steal cars with keyless entry systems, so this article will tell you how to prevent keyless car theft. A keyless ...
Scary news out of the DefCon conference in Las Vegas this weekend: Your car may not be as safe and secure as you think it is. Hacker Samy Kamkar made a presentation on a device he created called ...
Anything that emits a signal can be intercepted. Or extended. So with that simple fact in mind, researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to imitate the signal coming from a car’s key fob, ...
Four brand new cars have been identified as potential targets for tech-savvy car thieves; after it emerged that, their keyless entry systems leave them vulnerable to hacking. The DS3 Crossback, Mazda ...
Police have just released footage of a Mercedes-Benz C-Class being stolen in the British town of Solihull. Usually, a simple vehicle theft wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy. However, this tale is a ...
The convenience that keyless entry systems provide cannot be denied, as door cars can be unlocked and garage doors opened with just a simple press of a button. However, these systems are not entirely ...