Locksmiths have known for years that anybody with a key to a building whose locks have a master key can create their own master key. But now that such findings by an AT&T researcher are getting wide ...

How hard is it to hack into the digital locks of hotels? Surprisingly simple, if you can create a key that opens any door. Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure has revealed it found a flaw in the ...

Security researchers have built a master key that exploits a design flaw in a popular and widely used hotel electronic lock system, allowing unfettered access to every room in the building. The ...

The TSA has long dictated certain "blessed" locks that only it could pick. You know, in case they need or want to open your baggage. For national security, of course. The TSA is able to accomplish ...

For years, the US TSA (that's the Transportation Security Agency, a division of Homeland Security) has recommended that travelers in the United States buy and equip their luggage with a TSA-approved ...

A lock by any other name… From the dawn of civilization and conception of possession, humans have faced the desire to protect themselves and their belongings. While the basic need for security hasn’t ...