A couple of geeks security researchers have made some interesting finds that they chose to show off at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Don Bailey and Matthew Solnik from iSec Partners showed the crowd that by using an Android-powered smartphone and a technique they've called 'war texting', they could lock and unlock the doors on a new Subaru Outback and even start its engine all by remote.
The two set up their own custom GSM network and through that method, they were able to intercept password authentication messages between the server and the car. The entire process of them intercepting the messages took them only a couple of hours, the duo claimed.
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