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Apr 18, 2023 · Thieves will likely use relay theft to try and steal your car with keyless entry/push-button start. Relay theft involves boosting the signal of a key by way of a wireless transmitter to capture...
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Apr 24, 2023 · Emergency start devices sold online starting at $1,600 can hack into a car through its wire network. The easiest access to car wires is through the headlights, car security experts say.
- Headlight Wires Provide Easy Access
- Automakers Can Solve This Problem
- How to Protect Yourself Now
There’s nothing special about headlight wires. They’re just easy to reach and networked into the car’s systems. Modern cars are highly networked devices. Even the simplest, least-expensive new car can contain hundreds of microchips communicating with one another. They also communicate with their own keys — smart keys and key fobs that allow us to u...
The good news, Tindell says, is that the method “can be defeated with a pure software fix, so existing cars can be updated.” In the short term, automakers could use a software update to disable the device Tabor and Tindell discovered. “It won’t be a permanent fix: the criminal who designed the CAN Injector can then respond with changes, and it will...
For now, owners have limited ability to protect themselves from this new vulnerability. But the old, common-sense anti-theft techniques still apply. To steal a car through its headlight wires, thieves need enough privacy and time alone with the car to strip off some external trim, fish out wires, connect their device, and let it do its work. So, to...
Apr 8, 2023 · High-tech thieves are stealing cars using a device that injects CAN messages into a vehicle's headlight harness. It’s like modern-day hot-wiring, but thieves don’t even need to get inside the...
Apr 7, 2023 · When a London man discovered the front left-side bumper of his Toyota RAV4 torn off and the headlight partially dismantled not once but twice in three months last year, he suspected the acts were...
Apr 11, 2023 · In his latest blog post, Tindell explains how thieves access headlight modules to steal new cars. It all started when his friend, himself a cybersecurity expert, had his Toyota RAV4 stolen.
Apr 8, 2023 · If you notice your car's side panels have been tampered with or error messages from your car, there is a chance that thieves are taking a crack at stealing the vehicle. This happened to Ian...
