Remote keyless entry has been around for a while – since the late 1980s, in fact – and today it’s almost standard on all new cars. But the pervasiveness of this feature is not without consequence. The ...

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 ...

Security experts are warning car owners that hackers have found a way to break into the keyless entry system in your vehicle. The remote entry system is used in millions of cars across the country. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Car theft in the U.S. has undergone a high-tech transformation in recent years. Gone are the days of jimmying windows or ...

Half of all new cars sold in the U.S. have keyless entry as a standard feature. It’s convenient, but it leaves your car wide open to thieves to either break in or drive the car away, using nothing but ...

Don't wake up one day wondering where your car went. Protect your investment with a good car alarm system. ith the advent of built-in vehicle immobilizers and keyless entry remotes, the aftermarket ...

A group of computer security experts say they figured out how to hack the keyless entry systems used on millions of cars, meaning that thieves could, in theory, break in and steal items without ...

If you're like many modern-day car owners, you're accustomed to calling upon a key fob to control your car's door locks remotely. Even imagining a return to the days of manual door locks seems ...

Lorraine Genao is proud of her new car. She bought the 2015 Volkswagen Passat just weeks ago and is careful to lock the doors when she goes in to her Biscayne Park home for the night. But one morning ...

Vernon Garrison was stuck at the supermarket -- outside, actually, in the front seat of a navy blue Caprice Classic that would not start. His keyless entry remote control, the device that unlocks the ...