Why keyless cars are easy pickings – and how to keep yours safe

Why keyless cars are easy pickings – and how to keep yours safe - Using inexpensive devices, thieves can unlock and start ...
Jalopnik

Automakers Knew Keyless Entry Made Cars Easier To Steal

Good morning! It's Monday, February 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you ...
FODMAP Everyday® on MSN

You hit your car’s start button daily—but do you know about these 5 hidden features?

Push-button start has moved quickly from luxury extra to everyday standard, yet many drivers still treat it as a simple ...
Columbus Dispatch

Keyless entry is still an unsecure means of protecting your car

Half of all new cars sold in the U.S. have keyless entry as a standard feature. It’s convenient, but it leaves your car wide open to thieves to either break in or drive the car away, using nothing but ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Keyless car theft: High-tech hacks hit key fobs

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) – A warning for anyone ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Car thieves are hacking key fobs to quickly and quietly steal vehicles

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — Cars with keyless entry and keyless start are becoming a growing target for thieves. The keyless convenience is being exploited by crooks so they can quickly and quietly pop the ...
Yahoo

Car Thieves Are Stealing Keyless Vehicles While You Sleep

Your keys rest safely on the nightstand, your car sits locked in the driveway, and you sleep soundly knowing your BMW, Toyota, or Ford is secure. Meanwhile, two thieves position themselves outside—one ...
Jalopnik

Here's How Easy It Can Be To Steal A Car With Keyless Entry

It's no secret that keyless entry systems don't fully protect you against car theft. That hasn't prevented automakers from building such cars—or consumers from buying them—but this video showing how ...
GM Authority

Keyless Entry Keypad GM Accessory Offered For Buick, Chevy And GMC

Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon excepted, keyless entry has pretty much become an industry standard these days, but there’s one little-known GM accessory that offers the enhanced convenience of this ...
Hackaday

passive keyless entry

[Yingtao Zeng], [Qing Yang], and [Jun Li], a.k.a. the [UnicornTeam], developed the cheapest way so far to hack a passive keyless entry system, as found on some cars: around $22 in parts, give or take ...
CNN

Hundreds of keyless cars are vulnerable to high-tech theft, new report says

More than 200 car models that offer keyless entry are susceptible to theft, a report from British consumer group Which? has revealed. The models at risk include four of the five bestselling cars in ...