2026-07-21 11:32 UTC
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@agreenberg@infosec.exchange 2026-07-21 11:32
Researchers at UCSD found the KARR car alarm has vulnerabilities that let a hacker in Bluetooth range unlock a car, immobilize it, or trigger horns and lights. They can even hack a parking lot full of vehicles—or stealthily steal one—as we demoed in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3CuJxbk4
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@agreenberg@infosec.exchange 2026-07-21 11:33
Researchers at UCSD found the KARR car alarm has vulnerabilities that let a hacker in Bluetooth range unlock a car, immobilize it, or trigger horns and lights. They can even hack a parking lot full of vehicles—or stealthily steal one—as we demoed in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3CuJxbk4
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-07-21 12:29
@agreenberg@infosec.exchange A patch?? Seriously?? If folks have a malicious inventory loss prevention device the dealer left inside their cars, they don't need information on how to patch out the currently known backdoor. They need info on physically removing it.
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@cjust@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 22:22
@agreenberg@infosec.exchange do these folks even do a cursory search while naming their companies? KARR? Seriously - like the "bad" car from Knight Rider? https://knight-rider.fandom.com/wiki/K.A.R.R._(2000)
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@Harleck@tech.lgbt 2026-07-31 22:08
@agreenberg@infosec.exchange Here's the alternate logo you can see in the cars with it installed. Either SWDS or KARR logo is likely on the window of the car if it's from the dealership
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@bubbajet@mastodon.world 2026-08-01 00:43
@agreenberg@infosec.exchange @inthehands@hachyderm.io It’s worse. These are installed on the wiring harness with pinch/pierce connectors. They permanently pierce the wiring in your car. Even if it’s physically removed your wiring harness is permanently damaged. It’s pie in the sky, but this should be a full wiring harness replacement at a minimum, and I’d argue that the entire car should be replaced because you can’t do that since repair and leave the car like new.