Keyless Goes Independent, Raises $6M for Biometric Authentication

British startup building biometric authentication technology has snagged $6 million in a new round of funding led by Rialto Ventures.
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Police Dismantled Car Hackers That Exploited Keyless Entry Tech

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According to authorities, more than 22 locations were searched during the operation while over $1 million in criminal assets were seized.
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Stealing Cars for 20 Bucks

[Yingtao Zeng], [Qing Yang], and [Jun Li], a.k.a. the [UnicornTeam], developed the cheapest way so far to hack a passive keyless entry system, as found on some cars: around $22 in parts, give or take a buck. But that’s not all, they manage to increase the previous known effective range of this type of attack from 100 m to around 320 m. They gave a talk at HITB Amsterdam, a couple of weeks ago, and shown their results.

The attack in its essence is not new, and it’s basically just creating a range extender for the keyfob.  One radio stays …read more

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