#karr

A Device Hidden in #Cars Across the #US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now That's the disturbing discovery of a team of security researchers at UC San Diego, who found that a model of aftermarket #caralarm known as the #KARR Security System, installed in more than 2 million vehicles across the US can let any hacker within Bluetooth range send commands to silently unlock, turn off alarm, honk horn, or even disable ignition https://www.wired.com/story/a-device-hidden-in-cars-across-the-us-leaves-them-vulnerable-to-hacking-and-paralysis-patch-it-now/ https://archive.ph/EvBjc

"1 Button Press Can Hack Millions of Cars — With the press of a button, millions of cars can be hacked. Professor Aaron Schulman and team discovered a universal vulnerability installed in more than 2,000,000 cars across the US. @WIRED@flipboard.com technology journalist Andy Greenberg exposes the novel hacking technique—including just how easy it is to steal a car—and explains what you need to do to patch a hidden device you may not even know is in your vehicle." / "A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now — Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars." TL;DR: ~2 million vehicles across the US affected, independent of car manufacturers, it's bad, needs manual patching via Bluetooth YouTube video: https://youtu.be/FwA3CuJxbk4 WIRED article: https://www.wired.com/story/a-device-hidden-in-cars-across-the-us-leaves-them-vulnerable-to-hacking-and-paralysis-patch-it-now/ (https://archive.is/EvBjc) #itSecurity #carHacking #hacking #karr