Padlocks are a convenient way to keep your stuff safe from opportunistic kleptos, but they're not invincible. When it comes to Master Locks, you don't even need a bolt cutter to get through. These ...

Forgot your Master lock combo? Or want some incentive to not use a Master padlock? There’s a website for that. The video above from Samy Kamar shows how you can crack any Master combination lock ...

Executives at Master Lock can’t be happy with some of the videos that have gone viral on YouTube this year. Earlier this year, I wrote about a viral video that showed you how to crack almost any ...

We mostly think of hackers as people who use their knowledge of coding to virtually break into computer systems. It turns out, however, that hackers can be pretty good at breaking into physical locks ...

(Reuters) - A hacker, known for unleashing a worm on the once-popular MySpace social network, said he has devised a technique to crack under two minutes any combination by Master Lock, a padlock ...

Security researcher Samy Kamkar developed a web app that can help you crack Master Lock’s ubiquitous padlock in a matter of minutes. Fiddling with your lock as described in this video gives you three ...

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Look, we all know that Master combo locks, which go for $4 a pop, are not paragons of security. But damn, this looks easy. In a new video, hacker Samy Kamkar demonstrates a dead simple trick that he ...

A hacker, known for unleashing a worm on the once-popular MySpace social network, said he has devised a technique to crack under two minutes any combination by Master Lock, a padlock company owned by ...