And while Whyte appears to have kept the code for his tool under wraps, Kamkar plans to release his on Github, timed to his DefCon talk Friday. But Kamkar says his refined RollJam is designed to better automate the attack Whyte used, without the need to attach the device to a laptop. Security researcher Spencer Whyte wrote in March of last year that he'd created a similar device. Kamkar isn't the first, as Cadillac implies, to invent the RollJam's method of jamming, interception and playback. Cadillac spokesperson David Caldwell wrote in an email that Kamkar's intrusion method "is well-known to our cyber security experts," and he believes it works only with prior model year vehicles, "as recent/current Cadillac models have moved to a new system." Liftmaster and Volkswagen declined to comment, and a Viper spokesperson said it's trying to learn more about Kamkar's findings. To change the monitoring mode, you will need to get the name of your wireless card.WIRED reached out one-by-one to each of those companies.
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