Why keyless cars are easy pickings – and how to keep yours safe - Using inexpensive devices, thieves can unlock and start ...

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 ...

Hands-free car entry systems, which typically unlock car doors without requiring the pushing of any buttons when owners are close to their vehicles, provide great convenience. Unfortunately, however, ...

It's no secret that keyless entry systems don't fully protect you against car theft. That hasn't prevented automakers from building such cars—or consumers from buying them—but this video showing how ...

Cars with keyless entry systems are capable of searching for a wireless key fob that is within a couple feet of the vehicle, but car thieves can use a $17 “power amplifier” to boost the key searching ...

Car access systems permit or deny access to passenger cabins and storage areas. Early car access systems were based on purely mechanical structures designed strictly to prevent theft. Microelectronic ...

This reference design provides a complete demonstration platform for using industrial/scientific/medical (ISM) radio frequency (RF) products in a remote keyless entry (RKE) application. It discusses ...

Car firm Kia has launched a case for keyless car fobs which can protect them from technology used by thieves to break into vehicles. The KiaSafe has been developed to stop thieves using relay attacks, ...

Bradley Paddick, Benjamin Cross and George Berry were jailed for a combined total of 13 years for their role in a car theft gang. (Hampshire Constabulary/PA) The ringleaders of a gang of thieves are ...

Ford said its Fiesta and Focus – the UK’s two top-selling models overall – now have new security technology which disables keyless entry fobs when not in use to block illegal hacking. The problem has ...