Unhackable car alarm

According to their creators, Troy was impregnable, Titanic was unsinkable, and Pandora’s car alarm was unhackable. However, someone (or something) appears to be brave enough to accomplish the impossible.

The Pandora and Viper products were tested by Pen Test Partners and found that with these alarms the car is even more vulnerable than without them.

For example, they allow an attacker to

  • gain control of an online account
  • track the location of a car
  • stop the engine (yes, even while driving!)
  • unlock the two-button immobilizer
  • listen to the driver via the built-in microphone

Short video with demonstration of attack:

Milan

Jmenuji se Milan Půlkrábek, pamatuji si počítače bez internetu, Internet bez Google a mobilní komunikaci bez šifrování. Mám za sebou více než dvacet let profesionální praxe v IT, přednáším a píšu články o IT bezpečnosti, kryptoměnách a nových technologiích. Od roku 2014 jsem součástí nezikové organizace Paralelní Polis v Praze.