Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. A laptop theft from a hotel room a decade ago sparked a mission ...

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 ...

Security researchers discovered a way to unlock of doors in hotels. The keycard vulnerability was reported to the company that makes the locks, but the researchers say risk still exists and other ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Researchers at a leading cybersecurity company have revealed that millions of hotel rooms around the world have been vulnerable to a hack ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hotel door locks can be compromised by simple tweaks to their in-built security software, ...

A cryptographer working for AT&T stumbled upon a secret that had been known primarily only by locksmiths and criminals: Anybody with a key to a building whose locks have a master key can create a ...

Researchers at cybersecurity firm F-Secure have found that global hotel chains and hotels worldwide are using an electronic lock system that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to any ...