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In episode 89 of our monthly show Scott and Tom discuss everything you need to know about home security with physical security expert, Patrick McNeil. We delve deep into the world of locks, lock bumping, doors, windows, surveillance cameras, alarms, an… Continue reading The Home Security Episode – Locks, Doors, Cameras, and More!
This short video explains why computers regularly came with physical locks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The one thing the video doesn’t talk about is RAM theft. When RAM was expensive, stealing it was a problem…. Continue reading Locked Computers
This is a follow-up question to my earlier one: Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
I want to emphasize that I am asking this question more to shore up holes in my academic (mis)understan… Continue reading How do rolling code fobs and receivers synchronise?
My understanding of remote car key fobs, and similar security devices with rolling codes, is that the key device is a transmitter that, each time the button is pressed, sends the next secret in a known sequence that is unique… Continue reading Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
Imagine I want to clone my car keys, is it possible? I don’t want to copy the wireless signal to open/close it. I want to copy the mechanism which allows me to start it.
Should I disassemble a part of the vehicle or somethin… Continue reading Is it possible to copy a car key to start the car? [on hold]
Background
I read an article about how car keys that remotely open one’s car are not secure. This answer also talks about different encryption methods being insecure.
The article mentions that common encryption keys were us… Continue reading Why do car key remotes not use E2EE?
Tapplock sells an "unbreakable" Internet-connected lock that you can open with your fingerprint. It turns out that: The lock broadcasts its Bluetooth MAC address in the clear, and you can calculate the unlock key from it. Any Tapplock account an unlock every lock. You can open the lock with a screwdriver. Regarding the third flaw, the manufacturer has responded that… Continue reading Ridiculously Insecure Smart Lock
We have got the following devices. Biometric eSSL K30 & EM lock TE600L to operate a glass door with our software. Here what we need is to call localhost?uid=4534 when the figure is kept on the biometric device and when th… Continue reading Call a URL from biometric and respond it to EM lock to open the glass door [on hold]
I’ve read this question – Vehicle remote key security, and I have a few simpler questions that are not addressed in that one.
I just received a whatsapp viral forward raising a few claims regarding security of car keyfobs. I feel that one… Continue reading How vulnerable are rolling codes used in car keyfobs to simple replay attacks?
I am partially responsible for some resources protected by a 4-dial combination lock like this one:
There are two things that people will usually do after they’ve locked it:
reset all the digits to 0, so that the combination reads 0000… Continue reading 4-dial combination padlock: Is it more secure to zero it out or to blindly spin the dials after locking?