Thieves in Chicagoland can steal cars in just minutes using cloned key fobs. Here's what police say drivers should know.

Gone are when you couldn't start your car's engine without a physical key. Modern vehicles today come with key fobs that are more useful than just starting your car and locking and unlocking its doors ...

Chicago police recently seized a vehicle key fob programmer used to steal cars through a method known as key fob cloning.

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Luckily, automakers have planned for that, and this is one of the secret key-fob features you definitely need to know. “The ...

We’ve all been there: you’re fumbling through your bag, searching for your car keys, and then—bam!—you remember your trusty ...

Nowadays, electronic car keys have become the norm, a massive shift from just a few decades ago when anyone with a little know-how could turn over the ignition on a car with some crossed wires and a ...

At Black Hat 2022, security researchers show they can unlock some vehicles by replaying old key fob commands. It's not supposed to be this easy. Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of ...

According to a study set to be unveiled next week at the Usenix Security Conference by a research team at the University of Birmingham, there is a flaw in Volkswagen Group key fobs that allows hackers ...

Wallet. Cell phone. Car keys. That’s the mental checklist many of us go through before we leave the house. But don’t you hate it when you approach your car, click the unlock button and nothing happens ...