This summer, at the Black Hat security conference, a security researcher presented details of a troubling security flaw: An electronic lock system, used in more than 4 million hotel rooms around the ...

Researchers have developed a simple exploit capable of unlocking all of the doors at more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. Saflok-brand RFID-based keycard locks have been around for 36 years. But only in ...

The security researchers who spend their days breaking into clients' systems to find and fix security vulnerabilities often call themselves "penetration testers," or "pentesters." But one group of ...

Unusual Activity or Tampering With Your Door Lock Let's be real, if you're seeing weird issues with your hotel room door lock, alarm bells should go off immediately. As of March 2024, only 36 percent ...

The next time you stay in a hotel room, run your fingers under the keycard lock outside your door. If you find a DC power port there, take note: With a few hacker tricks and a handful of cheap ...