Wireless automobile remotes cracked

The September issue of the UK magazine RadioUser reports that the remote control codes, used for automobile remotes and garage doors, have been cracked.

In the British Isles and Europe such systems use 433.920 MHz in the Amateur Radio 70cm band.

The paper produced by the researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum titled 'Breaking KeeLoq in a Flash' can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/AfricaCrypt2009Keeloq

RadioUser magazine
http://www.radiouser.co.uk/