No car is safe as hackers reveal latest tricks of the trade
Security experts are getting inside the minds of increasingly sophisticated thieves in a bid to protect drivers from car crime.
The hi-tech tricks of the trade of a new breed of car-jackers were demonstrated at the Hack in a Box conference, held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai, as well as the efforts being made to counter them. Senior officials from a variety of security firms showed just how easy - and cheap - it can be to break into expensive modern cars and even control them remotely.
A team from Chinese security firm Qihoo showed how they could break into a car using a device they built for just Dh80, a considerably cheaper alternative to previous key cloning devices. They revealed the ease at which thieves can slip under a vehicle’s security system to potentially steal it or override its safety controls. “Vehicle systems use immobilizers to protect them from theft, by using specific numbers delivered by a key fob,” said Robert Leale, a senior engineer at Intrepid Control Systems.
