Researchers have discovered that hacking into a hotel room can be done with pretty much any electronic key lying around. Master keys for hotel rooms can be created “out of thin air,” F-Secure, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

After four months, countless hacking embarrassments and a string of hotel burglaries, the maker of one of the world's most common hotel keycard locks is finally owning up to the cost of an epic--and ...

A laptop theft from a hotel room a decade ago sparked a mission for a couple security researchers. The hotel staff dismissed the claim because there was no sign of forced or unauthorized entry—yet the ...