Four European researchers, led by Flavio Garcia from the University of Birmingham, have published a paper detailing how they successfully imitated the remote control key fob signals used by up to 100 ...

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.

Is your keyless remote safe? Connected cars face increasing threats as new technologies present hackers and thieves with additional ways to access vehicles. One vulnerability, though, involves older ...

A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham has revealed another vulnerability of Volkswagen cars, along with many other brands. After their first reveal, which was about a loophole that ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and consulting firm Kasper & Oswald say key fobs for nearly 100 million cars worldwide contain outdated security precautions that ...

ST. LOUIS — A grandfather in north St. Louis is stunned after a man stole his car and nearly drove away with his granddaughter, even without the key. Tyrone Hayes said that day was the scariest day of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man is wondering how thieves stole his car from inside his apartment garage while he had the key. Andy, who works at WCCO, says he left his Volkswagen Taos inside his ...