The convenience of a modern car that unlocks and starts as the driver simply approaches with a key fob in a pocket has a hidden cost. The same short-range radio system that makes keyless entry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You park your car, press the lock button on your key fob, and confidently walk away. You assume your vehicle is secure. But what ...

A top global cybersecurity expert says the threat of car theft now is greater than ever and urges taking simple precautions to prevent car owners from becoming victims of tech-savvy criminals. Thieves ...

Thieves are using the signals from a common device – your key fob – to steal cars, police in Orange County and elsewhere warn. “These criminals have upped their game,” Anaheim Police Sgt. Matt Sutter ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With car thefts on the rise across the U.S., police are urging vehicle owners to take extra precautions. Criminals are increasingly using technology that can trick cars into unlocking ...

NORTHRIDGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A car burglary in Northridge is raising questions about how the suspect was able to pull it off, and it may have involved the use of a universal key fob. It happened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cars are parked bumper to bumper in the Florence neighborhood on Nov. 18 in Los Angeles. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) Car ...

Drivers have been told to take three steps to help protect their cars from theft ...

The Chevy Camaro muscle car sitting abandoned at a South L.A. intersection looked suspicious enough. But then LAPD gang detail investigators spotted two teenagers running from the scene near Slauson ...

A key fob rarely quits without sending warning signs first, and those signals often show up at the worst possible moments—like when groceries sit in the trunk or rain starts falling. Modern vehicles ...