Every hotel and building using this key technology was exposed to this risk. Tomi Tuominen and Timo Hirvonen, who work at F-Secure, immediately warned the company. Fifteen years ago, two young men –...

When most people rent a hotel room, security is one of the factors they take into consideration. Along with knowing whether the hotel has room service, air conditioning, or free Wi-Fi, we want to...

In 2003, Finnish security researcher Tomi Tuominen was attending a security conference in Berlin when a friend's laptop, containing sensitive data, was stolen from his hotel room. The theft was a...

L'entreprise spécialisée en cybersécurité, F-Secure, a repéré une faille de sécurité présente dans les serrures électroniques de chambres d'hôtels. Ce sont les modèles « vision », commercialisés par...

Mais que se passerait-il si vous découvriez que le système de verrouillage qui protège votre chambre d’hôtel à 400 euros la nuit était vulnérable, et susceptible d’être piraté ? Et si un individu...

A hotel room offers most of us a feeling of relative safety. It’s not home – or the office – but you still feel comfortable leaving your valuables behind when it’s time to do business or go explore...

By getting hold of a widely used hotel key card, an attacker could create a master key to unlock any room in the building without leaving a trace, Finnish security researchers said in a study...

If you thought your electronically secured hotel room was safe, think again - because security experts have revealed that electronic lock systems found in global hotel chains can be hacked, allowing...