How To Hack A Garage Door

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How to hack a garage door.

Let s state it again anything can be hacked. Yes smart garage door openers can be hacked through the wifi network that they are connected to. Simple garage door hack. This video was sponsored.

Hackers can use a code grabber device to intercept and copy the signal from your old garage door remote. The device he used to perform this brute force attack was a slightly modified im me children s toy. They can then send the copied signal to your garage door opener and open the door. There should be the following colors of wires.

Notice there are four bare wires after the sheath is stripped off. Our demonstration is a proof of concept of what could be done if not properly protected by a rolling encryption coded garage door opener. Even though that s true we can certainly make it much more difficult. The method that samy kamkar used to attack these type of garage doors was a brute force attack in which he sent every possible code 4 096 to the door until it would open.

This is the most secure form of garage door opening technology and very difficult. Please note we have left some aspects out of the video for the protection of the people. If a hacker gains access to your wifi network it can access any devices connected to it including your smart garage door opener. The final way in which a garage door can be broken into is not by hacking but by pulling the manual release cord handle on the motor causing the motor to disengage from the door and allowing the door to be opened manually by hand.

We know this is cause for much concern. Some older garage door security systems might still allow the old code to be used to get access to the garage. Use the sharp knife to cut off the small square end of the usb cable and strip the wires. Use electrical tape to hold the wires to the contact points inside the garage door opener.