The inconspicuous lock hacking device is an adaption of one demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference in July by Cody Brocious, a hacker and software developer for Mozilla, who discovered and exploited a vulnerability in Onity locks, a cheap and popular hotel room lock that the company says are used on at least four million hotel rooms worldwide.
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The Jet Lock is a device that clamps around a plane's landing wheel, completely immobilizing it.
So complex passwords that had to be changed very 90 days, auto-lock of the device after 5 failed login attempts, etc.
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As communicated in the July 30 Franchise Weekly Update , a hacker claims to have compromised the Onity brand guestroom lock system with a device containing a circuit board with several wires attached.
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One of its chompees is the traditional work of device-driven lock-ins (in the five years of the Xbox, a consumer might have gone through five phones, installing the same core apps on at least the last three or four).
So when Apple updated the iOS software that runs the device and turned the screen lock switch into a mute switch last year a lot of people complained.
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The goal is to help organizations better secure smartphones and tablets in the workplace with a hosted service that allows the IT team to remotely locate, lock or wipe a lost or stolen device, as well as update software to protect against spyware and viruses.
Of the big three, Nintendo is slated to lock in more launch details for its Wii U device, which is expected to offer game developers the ability to offer apps for both the console and the wireless tablet controller through a Nintendo App Store.
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Reaffirming Verizon Wireless' commitment to robust security, Verizon Mobile Security helps customers protect their devices from digital threats and equips customers with the power to remotely locate, alarm, lock and even wipe data from a misplaced or lost device.
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The vulnerability allows anyone with physical access to the iOS device the ability to easily bypass the passcode lock and use a USB cable to get access to the data stored on the iPhone or iPad from a Mac or PC.
To do this, LG's included a button atop the device that you might mistake for a dedicated orientation lock.
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Before setting out on this trip, I had to power cycle the device five times for it to grab a GPS lock.
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The chromed plastic volume rocker, power button and screen orientation lock switch nestled in the plastic radio reception strip at the top of the device are decidedly less luxurious, however -- the travel of each was shallow, and the finish on the plastic appeared a bit cheap to our eyes.
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The camera can also be used to lock and unlock the tablet thanks to face recognition, enhancing the security of the device and making it truly yours.
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For those using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google has also built a Keep widget, which can be placed on your Android homescreen, or on your phone or tablet's lock screen, which would enable users to add a reminder without even having to unlock their device.
But White Lodging, the Hyatt franchisee that manages the Houston hotel, believes that the rooms were opened using a device that takes advantage of a glaring security vulnerability in keycard locks built by the lock company Onity, specifically a model of lock that appears in at least four million hotel rooms worldwide.
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It requires the information ticker to be active (found in lock screen settings) so news bites and such are displayed on the screen you encounter when waking the device.
The OpenTablet 10 integrates easily with OpenServices, OpenPeak's cloud services platform and device management system, to allow comprehensive device management to service providers, including the ability to push applications, perform firmware updates and lock devices.
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Those of you lucky enough to have a nice TV provider that doesn't lock everything down with Copy Once flags will be able to watch live TV on just about any DLNA playback device that supports MPEG2.
The decimal increment promises to fix some of the cellular issues that users have been facing of late, but interestingly introduces an ornery lock-screen bypass that very patient (and nimble-fingered) hooligans could use to get into your device.
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