Andy_Bangle Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Security researchers will highlight vulnerabilities in keyless entry systems that impact on the protection against theft of millions of cars at a conference tomorrow. The researchers, led by University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia alongside colleagues from German engineering firm Kasper & Oswald, said they'd found that it was possible to clone a VW Group remote control after eavesdropping on a signal. The hack means its possible for thieves to unlock cars even if the owners have locked them. Worse yet, almost every vehicle the Volkswagen group has sold for the last 20 years – including cars badged under the Audi and Skoda brands – are potentially vulnerable, say the researchers. The problem stems from VW’s reliance on a “few, global master keys”. More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/11/car_lock_hack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Still can't get over VW only had 4 unique global master keys for over 100 million cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 key per 25m cars. Staggering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, Andy_Bangle said: Still can't get over VW only had 4 unique global master keys for over 100 million cars Car companies haven't needed to think about security much from IT related thefts or so they thought, they are trying to catch up and fast but they have many factors that count against them. EU rules that mean anyone should be able to create new keys, lots of legacy solutions they haven't really tackled properly but lots of hackers that want to do their best to crack into them these days. I was reading about a robot vacuum recently and even they have security enclaves that they PEN test and get people to try and hack them as they effectively have a map of the house that they are in. Car manufacturers need to do what the banks (most) have been doing for years and doing far more to protect peoples cars than they have in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterS Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 9 hours ago, Andy_Bangle said: Still can't get over VW only had 4 unique global master keys for over 100 million cars Seems logical to me - 1 for Audi, 1 for VW, 1 for Skoda and 1 for Seat. They're very organised these Germans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 I find a car transporter is the best way to nick a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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