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 ...

Hackers have uncovered ways to unlock and start nearly all modern Honda-branded vehicles by wirelessly stealing codes from an owner’s key fob. Dubbed “Rolling Pwn,” the attack allows any individual to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the sake of convenience, the battery in your car's key fob is designed to last a fairly long time, usually up to around four years. The ...

The hackers demonstrating the radio replay attack using a vulnerable Honda key fob. Honda said it could not determine if the attack was “credible.” Image Credits: Star-V Lab Security researchers have ...

Earlier this year, we wrote about a vulnerability in Honda’s remote keyless entry (RKE) system that hackers could exploit to lock, unlock, and start certain Honda and Acura vehicles. This particular ...

The hackers demonstrating the radio replay attack using a vulnerable Honda key fob. Honda said it could not determine if the attack was "credible." Image Credits: Star-V Lab Security researchers have ...

Now that nearly every car on the road comes with an electronic key fob, people are desperate to find ways to repair these indispensable little gadgets without coughing up potentially hundreds of ...

How Does Your Key Fob Work? The key fob uses wireless technology with a frequency of 433 MHz. There are receivers/transmitters on the vehicle and the key, so they can communicate with each other. This ...

You have to give car thieves this much credit: They're always innovating. By wirelessly stealing command codes from key fobs in a move called the "Rolling Pwn attack," hackers have been able to unlock ...

Honda recently updated its immensely popular Activa 6G line-up (making it slightly more expensive in the process) and introduced a new range-topping H-Smart variant with an electronic key fob. Now, ...