KU Leuven's original key fob attack on the Model S worked by using a couple of Proxmark and Yard Stick One radios and a Raspberry Pi minicomputer to grab the radio signal from a parked Tesla, and ...

Tesla also says that Model S units sold after June of this year aren't vulnerable to the attack, due to upgraded key fob encryption that it implemented in response to the KU Leuven research.

To combat this, Tesla has doubled down on security and admirably, has done a great job of keeping hackers out, except for this one little, kind of low-tech thing: the key fob.

So, just as a refresher, with the old key fobs, the problem lay with the way they were encrypted. The company that manufactured them, Pektron, only used a 40-bit encryption protocol, which was ...

Tesla told Wired that there's no evidence that anyone has successfully used this hack to steal a Model S (the hack doesn't affect other models since they use different key fobs). The company has ...

To combat this, Tesla has doubled down on security and admirably, has done a great job of keeping hackers out, except for this one little, kind of low-tech thing: the key fob.

Tesla's Model S is vulnerable to a key fob hack attack that could be used by tech-savvy car thieves to steal vehicles, security experts warned. Flaws in the Passive Keyless Entry and Start system ...

Tesla has stopped providing Model S and X owners with a key fob as standard. Instead, new owners only get a Tesla Key Card. However, if you still want a key fob for your S or X you can purchase ...

From there, the researchers created a data table for code pairs that would let them find the encryption key for cloning any Model S fob. Once you have those resources at your disposal, it's not ...

Tesla’s upcoming new 2018.42 software update comes with changes to support the new Model 3 key fob: Your car now supports key fobs, which are available for purchase from Tesla.

Model 3 owners are meant to use their phones as the main way to unlock their cars. Tesla also gives key cards, but the user experience is designed around the phone and Tesla’s mobile app.

On the back of demand for a key fob, Tesla recently started introducing fobs to select Model 3 owners in its early access program, Electrek reports. There’s nothing like having a physical key fob.