There's nothing particularly difficult about cracking a smartphone's four-digit PIN code. All it takes is a pair of thumbs and enough persistence to try all 10,000 combinations. But hackers hoping to ...

Designed by a hacker, the "Combo Breaker" can figure out a lock's combination and get the thing open in less than 30 seconds.

Those combination locks you pick up for a few bucks at the office supply store have never been the epitome of security — but in recent weeks, they’ve taken a beating. A few weeks ago, Samy Kamkar — ...

Admittedly, this isn't the most elegant security threat we've ever seen, but it works. Meet R2B2, a 3D printed robot that punches PIN combination after ...

In front of a pretty tough crowd, Niwot’s SparkFun Electronics won the praise of hackers when a robot built by the company’s founder cracked open a locked safe in 30 minutes. The live demo, during the ...

Security researchers have built a robot with one goal in mind: to crack your smartphone’s PIN. Using 3D-printed parts, servomotors, a plastic stylus, an Arduino microcontroller, and a cheap ...

This robot can beat your smartphone’s passcode in a matter of hours just by tapping on the screen. As maker technology improves, physical input is starting to become a more potent attack vector. BY ...