Currently, car manufacturers use keyless entry systems to lock and unlock car doors. What is the encryption system used by industries to remotely unlock cars and to highly secure them from thieves?

German researchers demonstrated how many cars are vulnerable to an inexpensive and effective technique. ADAC, the German Automobile Club, is sort of the AAA of Germany. Recently, the group revealed ...

I've never really been crazy about proximity keys, mostly because I'm a scatter-brained fool. The overall car industry loves them, though, and most new cars use these types of keyless entry systems. A ...

When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...

Over the last two installments we covered how the C4 Passive Keyless Entry (PKE) system works, how to program the transmitters, how to test the alarm, how to program the different options for the PKE ...

The sleek Infiniti G37 Cindy Marsh bought last August was the car of her dreams, equipped with the latest keyless electronics technology that allows her to start the engine with the touch of a button.

Car thefts in the U.K. have increased 50 percent over the past five years, with more than 100,000 cars stolen in England and Wales just last year. WhatCar did a deep dive on the problem and found that ...

While having a classic muscle car is a pretty cool thing, adding modern conveniences makes it even better. Let's face it: Using a key to unlock the door is not that bad when it's just you getting in ...

Digital security research Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and ...