Eh, a year and a half ago I caught a guy on a bike using a brute force car opener up and down a street near the job site I was on. Basically the device spits out every key fob door open code on a list until the car opens, or possibly it goes through known permutations used by various companies. What I know for sure is he had a small laptop and a USB antenna and was stopping at every car for a few minutes opening the ones he got, and moving on from the ones he didn’t. Caught a decent video of his face and what he was doing for the police before he made off on his bike.
Idk, it was like 5am and they were right on top of the car. I did think a relay attack, but I figured they’d want to be a bit closer to the houses than they were. shrugs wtf do I know though
Eh, a year and a half ago I caught a guy on a bike using a brute force car opener up and down a street near the job site I was on. Basically the device spits out every key fob door open code on a list until the car opens, or possibly it goes through known permutations used by various companies. What I know for sure is he had a small laptop and a USB antenna and was stopping at every car for a few minutes opening the ones he got, and moving on from the ones he didn’t. Caught a decent video of his face and what he was doing for the police before he made off on his bike.
It’s a relay attack, it tries to rebroadcast the car signal to the key fob, and rebroadcast the key fob signal back to the car.
They’re hoping the key is close enough to the car to be able to relay, but not close enough for the owner to see them doing it.
Idk, it was like 5am and they were right on top of the car. I did think a relay attack, but I figured they’d want to be a bit closer to the houses than they were. shrugs wtf do I know though