Four people in Philadelphia have been charged with hacking the signals of key fobs to steal and resell dozens of cars in the area, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General said. Cloning key fobs ...

A top global cybersecurity expert says the threat of car theft now is greater than ever and urges taking simple precautions to prevent car owners from becoming victims of tech-savvy criminals. Thieves ...

When a Montana woman’s car key fob suddenly stopped working, she figured it was just a dead battery. But even after swapping in a new one, her car refused to respond. That’s when she turned to ChatGPT ...

A convenience for drivers is also turning out to be a convenience for thieves. Key fobs which lock and unlock vehicles are being by used by criminals to get into cars and steal valuables without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two 19-year-olds, Samuel Barnes and Donshavis Jones, are facing multiple charges after being accused of stealing hundreds of ...

The signal from a key fob can be intercepted and retransmitted to unlock a vehicle. Intercepting the signal is harder than it sounds. First, the intercepting device must be within a few hundred feet ...

Police in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are warning the public about a new car theft trend that relies on technology and doesn't necessarily involve forced entry. The trend is called key fob cloning, or ...

There have been reports in the news for a couple of years now that it’s quite easy to steal cars with keyless entry systems, so this article will tell you how to prevent keyless car theft. A keyless ...

These days, smart, keyless cars are ubiquitous. Their intelligent software offers a lot of comfort, but comes a vulnerability — the possibility of being hacked. Basically, they clone your key fob.

In a world in which new cars now cost upward of $50,000 on average, annual maintenance bills are creeping up to four figures, and such outlays don't seem to be getting cheaper any time soon, a ...