Could Your Tire Sensors Be Used to Hack Your Car? What to Look Out For ...

Researchers at the IMDEA Networks Institute have found a vulnerability in the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) used to monitor a car's tire pressures that could be used to track owners. The ...

Who would've thought that the humble and not-very-high-tech tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) would be identified as vulnerability gateway?

Like many other features and systems in modern cars, tire pressure sensors leak sensitive data that can be abused by threat ...

Most modern cars have tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), which will alert you if your tires need air. While most of the readings they give are accurate, they can still fail like any other part ...

Modern cars quietly broadcast more information than most drivers realize, and new research suggests one of the least glamorous components may be among the most revealing. A study of tire pressure ...

The device in many automobiles that warns drivers when their tire pressure is low transmits the data in unencrypted cleartext and carries a unique identifier for ...

A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an auto component that helps keep you informed when tire pressure drops or rises to unsafe levels. The system works by comparing each tire to a programmed ...

Modern cars can do a lot of impressive stuff. The onboard diagnostic (OBD) system can tell us when there's a vehicle malfunction by activating the check engine light, while advanced car safety ...

A TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) sensor is a device that is installed in a vehicle's tires to monitor the air pressure and temperature of the tires. The primary function of the TPMS sensor is ...

Federal regulations have required some sort of computerized tire-pressure monitoring system in new cars since the 2007 model year. Most of these are active types that employ a sensor mounted to each ...