Forgot your password?
typodupeerror

Comment Using Information Readily Available (Score 2) 398

The assumption in the article is that the thief has a device that contains the "magic code" to open car doors. In 2011 the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium presented a paper titled "Relay Attacks on Passive Keyless Entry and Start Systems in Modern Cars ( reference http://www.internetsociety.org/events/ndss-symposium-2011-0) discusses this very topic. A direct link to the paper is http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/franc.pdf The relay attack seems more feasible to explain this phenomenon, where parking locations or specific vehicles are targeted rather than randomly targeting vehicles. In the paper, section 5 does the best to describe an attack scenario that might best explain the thieves mechanism. A thief will exploit with what is readily available. Apparently, like a card scanner, they are able to capture the original key fob signal and present it in another form.

Comment Just an SUV? (Score 1) 543

I would be more interested if this effort if it were focused on a full size half ton pickup truck. To conquer economy and durability in one project would be a major victory. No work seems to be going on in this market segment. Plus, there are already SUV hybrids on the market, although they are the electric assist variety.

Slashdot Top Deals

Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die. -- C.S. Lewis

Working...