Dealerships have turned key fob programming into a quiet profit center, folding a few minutes of work into triple‑digit ...

For these other key fobs, there wasn't a master key that they could obtain. Instead they exploited the fobs' old and weak HiTag2 encryption algorithm. By capturing between four and eight encrypted ...

Gone are when you couldn't start your car's engine without a physical key. Modern vehicles today come with key fobs that are more useful than just starting your car and locking and unlocking its doors ...

A key fob, also called a keyless entry remote or keyless transmitter, controls your vehicle’s locks, trunk and alarm from a distance. Every key fob must be programmed to connect with a vehicle before ...

Earlier this week, it was revealed that researchers at the University of Birmingham had cracked the (rather poor) encryption scheme used by millions of Volkswagens for their remote unlock key fobs.