2026-07-21 11:33 UTC
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 11:34
UCSD warned KARR's manufacturer, who has now pushed out a fix. The complication: KARR is typically installed by dealers to prevent theft from their lots. If a buyer doesn't want it as an add-on, the dealer still leaves it wired in under the hood anyway in a "deactivated" state.
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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange 2026-07-21 11:55
@agreenberg@infosec.exchange Not surprising. Those of us who remember Knightrider know that K.A.R.R. was the evil one, and it's a pretty good rule of thumb to avoid products named after the antagonists in fiction.