WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. police have recently issued a warning to the public -- In March, there has been a big uptick in car thefts with keyless entry, and push-to-start ignition. For the past couple ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Car thieves are going high-tech to break into and drive away cars without so ...

Recently we covered how keyless ignition systems could be a secret killer. After this story was posted, I was contacted by a Porsche owner whose family was only saved from a similar fate by the carbon ...

As cars become more and more reliant on computers and operating systems, not just in their engines but in the ways drivers interact with them, they continue to be susceptible to hacks and other ...

Push-button start may be common today, but it wasn't always the dominant way to crank an engine. Push-button start systems and ignition key systems activate the same process in different ways. Do you ...

Convenience often comes at a cost. For the victims of a sprawling European crime ring that relied on a keyless entry system to steal scores of Mercedes-Benz, the cost was the loss of their cars. And, ...

Passive Entry Passive Start (PEPS) technology has become standard in the automotive market for keyless operation. A secure wireless communication system, PEPS enables you to lock and unlock the ...

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 ...

The authors demonstrate relay attacks on Passive Keyless Entry and Start (PKES) systems used in modern cars. They build two efficient and inexpensive attack realizations, wired and wireless ...