EUROPEAN SECURITY: Vehicle Crime in the 21st Century and the Impact of Electronic Theft Methods

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 What does the future hold?

2. Vehicle theft in the 21st century

• 2.1 Background
• 2.2 Changing methods of vehicle theft
  • 2.2.1. Key theft
  • 2.2.2. Car-jacking and home-jacking
  • 2.2.3. Fraud and deception
• 2.3 Development of new theft technology
• 2.4 Involvement of organised crime
  • 2.4.1. Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus
  • 2.4.2. Other countries and markets

3. Theft methods and weaknesses in system designs

• 3.1 Aftermarket diagnostic and programming tools
• 3.2 Replacing security components
  • 3.2.1. Blank keys
  • 3.2.2. Management procedures for the supply of security components
• 3.3 Weaknesses in system design, service procedures and protocols
  • 3.3.1. PIN code access
  • 3.3.2. Pass code and thru code systems
  • 3.3.3. Reading and re-writing memory
  • 3.3.4. Transponder cloning
  • 3.3.5. Emergency start procedures
• 3.4 Locking systems
  • 3.4.1. Direct harness attack
  • 3.4.2. CAN system attack
  • 3.4.3. Vehicle CAN BUS integrity
  • 3.4.4. RF signal blocking
  • 3.4.5. RF signal ' grabbing'
• 3.5 Academic research into security algorithms
  • 3.5.1. Texas Instruments transponders
  • 3.5.2. KeeLoq access control protocol
  • 3.5.3. Smart key systems
• 3.6 Alarm systems
• 3.7 Stolen Vehicle tracking systems
• 3.8 EVI (Electronic Vehicle Identification) and mileage

4. What does the future hold?

• 4.1 Global recession and unemployment
• 4.2 New and old theft methods
• 4.3 Emerging markets - the future market for stolen vehicles
• 4.4 Developed markets - the future of vehicle theft
• 4.5 Future developments and threats
• 4.6 Future system requirements
  • 4.6.1. Insurance requirements
  • 4.6.2. Legislation

LIST OF FIGURES

• Fig 1. Reduction in car theft in Germany and the UK since the 1990' s
• Fig 2. Theft methods of new cars in Sweden
• Fig 3. Concealed compartment used for smuggling illegal drugs
• Fig 4. Theft methods of luxury cars in Russia
• Fig 5. Examples of electronic theft equipment
• Fig 6. Electronic theft tools for BMW and Audi vehicles
• Fig 7. Map showing the global spread of Eastern European Organised Crime Groups
• Fig 8. Illegal immigrant concealed behind a dashboard
• Fig 9. Complete immobiliser system made into a single unit
• Fig 10. Printed circuit board with markings removed from chips and components
• Fig 11. BMW & Mercedes key programmers
• Fig 12. Screen shots of Eeprom data file
• Fig 13. Silca RW4 transponder cloning machine
• Fig 14. ' Cobra Connex' stolen vehicle tracking system CAN interface & installation manual
• Fig 15. Mileage alteration tool