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 ...

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 ...

Following a presentation by a hacker at last month’s Black Hat cyber security conference in Las Vegas of a potential vulnerability in Onity hotel locks, the company recently announced that it will be ...

You might want to think twice about leaving your valuables in the hotel room. Millions of hotel rooms around the world are believed to be at risk to hacking break-ins after a 24-year-old Mozilla ...

If, during your next hotel stay, you're met with a lock on your door like that pictured above, it's time for a conversation with management. This is an Onity HT series lock. Cody Brocious claims that ...

Bad news: With less than $50 of off-the-shelf hardware and a little bit of programming, it's possible for a hacker to gain instant, untraceable access to millions of key card-protected hotel rooms.

Earlier this week SiliconANGLE revealed how thieves were exploiting a vulnerability in Onity hotel door locks, allowing them to enter guests’ rooms and help themselves to their valuables at will. Now, ...

(CBS News) You can tell a Black Hat security conference is successful by how much fear the presentations instill afterward. This summer, one hacker will demonstrate how he can hack a hotel lock with ...

24-year-old Firefox OS programmer Cody Brocious is presenting an exploit that unlocks Onity hotel doorlocks at this year’s Blackhat security conference in Las Vegas. 24-year-old Firefox OS programmer ...

Can anyone argue against this being the least-secure hotel room lock on the market? Regular readers will recognize it as an Onity key card lock. A few months back a glaring flaw in the security was ...

A string of break-ins at a Houston hotel are being blamed on hackers who exploited a flaw in room locks, a vulnerability that was exposed this year at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas — If you are currently in Las Vegas for the Black Hat or Def Con security conferences, or any hotel for that matter, when you closed and locked your hotel door, heard it click, then you ...