Category Archives: Smart Lock

Swedish lock giant Assa Abloy acquires smart lock maker August Home

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 The smart home market continues to heat up, and the legacy giants do not want to get locked out: quite literally. This morning, Assa Abloy, the $23 billion Swedish lock giant that owns Yale and many other brands — announced that it is buying US-based smart lock maker August Home to double down on new technology. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed but we have asked both August… Read More Continue reading Swedish lock giant Assa Abloy acquires smart lock maker August Home→

Latch adds HomeKit-approved smart lock to its enterprise suite

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 Enterprise-grade smart lock startup Latch has added a third product to its portfolio. The ‘Latch C’ is notable as its first smart lock to be certified to work with Apple’s HomeKit. Read More Continue reading Latch adds HomeKit-approved smart lock to its enterprise suite→

Smashing Security #038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

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WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren’t so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is sending intimate pics via AirDrop to unsuspecting com… Continue reading Smashing Security #038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!→

Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of ‘Smart Locks’

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More features, more problems!

Today, we are living in a digital age that is creating a digital headache for people by connecting every other unnecessary home appliance to the Internet.

Last week, nearly hundreds of Internet-connected locks became ino… Continue reading Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of ‘Smart Locks’→

Ransomware Hijacks Hotel Smart Keys to Lock Guests Out of their Rooms

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What’s the worst that could happen when a Ransomware hits a Hotel?

Recently, hundreds of guests of a luxurious hotel in Austria were locked in or out of their rooms when ransomware hit the hotel’s IT system, and the hotel had no choice left except pay… Continue reading Ransomware Hijacks Hotel Smart Keys to Lock Guests Out of their Rooms→