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Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I was gonna say they still need the fob for the car to actually drive it, but saw it mentioned in the article. I don't have a Kia (used to, but traded it in because of the immobilizer shit), but my car right now has an app to remote-start, but the car itself won't let you drive it if you don't have the fob on you while sitting in the driver's seat.

The group’s web-based Kia hacking technique doesn’t give a hacker access to driving systems like steering or brakes, nor does it overcome the so-called immobilizer that prevents a car from being driven away, even if its ignition is started. It could, however, have been combined with immobilizer-defeating techniques popular among car thieves or used to steal lower-end cars that don't have immobilizers.

But yes, that's just bad security.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 7 points 1 month ago

It's still mindboggling that Kia sells any cars without immobilizers.

I get they're cheap cars and the way they're cheap is to skimp on everything but uh, maybe that's not the right place to skimp?

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

2FA where one of the factors is Bluetooth to the fob might be OK, assuming the Bluetooth link is secured in some way.