We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the sake of convenience, the battery in your car's key fob is designed to last a fairly long time, usually up to around four years. The ...

How Does Your Key Fob Work? The key fob uses wireless technology with a frequency of 433 MHz. There are receivers/transmitters on the vehicle and the key, so they can communicate with each other. This ...

Earlier this year, we wrote about a vulnerability in Honda’s remote keyless entry (RKE) system that hackers could exploit to lock, unlock, and start certain Honda and Acura vehicles. This particular ...

Hackers have uncovered ways to unlock and start nearly all modern Honda-branded vehicles by wirelessly stealing codes from an owner’s key fob. Dubbed “Rolling Pwn,” the attack allows any individual to ...

The hackers demonstrating the radio replay attack using a vulnerable Honda key fob. Honda said it could not determine if the attack was “credible.” Image Credits: Star-V Lab Security researchers have ...

A security flaw recently uncovered by security researchers may allow hackers to remotely unlock and start several Honda vehicles made in the past decade. The attack, dubbed "Rolling Pwn," involves a ...

The days of replacing a car key by having an inexpensive blank copied and cut at a hardware store are pretty much over. Most new cars today come either with a push-button start system or keyless entry ...

The hackers demonstrating the radio replay attack using a vulnerable Honda key fob. Honda said it could not determine if the attack was "credible." Image Credits: Star-V Lab Security researchers have ...

Aphaea records her video from the interior of a car. She holds up a car key fob to the camera beneath a text overlay. The on-screen caption reads, “Honda said it would cost $175 to replace.” As she ...