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A duo of computer experts at the University of Birmingham, Flavio Garcia and David Oswald, have uncovered two flaws in VW's keyless entry systems that could allow hackers to remotely unlock over 100 million cars sold by the firm since 1995.
The first vulnerability gives hackers the ability to remotely break into nearly every car VW has sold since 2000, while the second impacts "millions" more vehicles including models from Ford, Peugeot and Citroen.
Source: The Inquirer
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 14 2016, @05:23PM
Put a 32 megabyte flash chip in the key fob. These days, it's nothing. Fill the flash with random data. Use 128 bits each time, crossing out entries as you use them. This will outlast the life of the car doors.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday August 14 2016, @07:06PM
Not sure you've thought that through.
Lots of ways for the car and the fobs (there are always more than one fob) to get out of sync.
One random bit flip at either end and they are forever out of sync.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:58PM
don't need to be in sync
With 128 bits, you just let any old key work. Sort them if you like, then binary search for the one being sent. Alternately, send an index to help locate the key.