Chances are, your home’s front door is vulnerable to a crime that can be accomplished by a novice: lock-bumping. With a specially cut “bump key” and the well-timed whack of a hammer, someone can ...

Noted security expert Marc Weber Tobias contributes a new column, The Lockdown, exposing the shoddy security you may depend on. The Bump Key: A new old threat to the security of mechanical locks The ...

Again, lever locks cannot be opened by bumping but may be picked and decoded.Disk locks, such as employed by Abloy, likewise cannot be bumped. Their internal design resembles a combination lock and ...