Suburu Keyless Entry System Security Flaw

We have learned of a security issue with Subaru’s Keyless Entry System.  Their Key Fob can be hacked.

Subaru key fobs can be ‘hacked’ and used to unlock cars for just $25 – Gears Of Biz A computer engineer called Tom Wimmenhove said on GitHub, an online code repository, that he found the Subaru key fob’s rolling code – the internal system used to securely lock and unlock car doors – was “predictable” because it was sequential, rather …

Here are some affected models: Baja (2006); Forester (2005-10); Impreza (2005-11); Legacy (2005-10); Outback (2005-10). According to an Article on Boing Boing

The Key Guys are just learing of this, but if you have an affected vehicle we may be able to help. Give us a call at 612-333-7677 and we will update you on what we know.

We specialize in dealing with car keys, key fobs and issues that arise with them.  We replace car keys, fix broken car keys and do car key fob replacement.

This is a serious issue as it means that car thieves can target and steal you car as pointed out by Bleeping Computer.

Car thieves can create duplicate, fully-working key fobs

Wimmenhove discovered the problem by sniffing the radio signals sent out by his own car’s key fob, which is nothing more than a short-range radio transmitter.

The electronics expert quickly realized that he could “clone” the key fob and create a fully-working, unauthorized duplicate.

“By receiving a single packet from the key fob (i.e. the user pressed any of the buttons on the fob while the attacker was within range), the attacker can use that packet to predict the next rolling code and use that to lock, unlock, unlock trunk or sound the alarm of the car,” Wimmenhove told Bleeping Computer.

 

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