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I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers

Wild West Hackin' Fest · 2.9M views · 2017-12-12 · 44:56

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Overview

Deviant Ollam, head of a physical penetration testing team, presents tactics for getting into buildings, from bypassing door levers with a wire to defeating bank doors. He argues that physical security is often surprisingly weak.

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HN recommends it as an entertaining overview of physical pen testing, and cites it when threads discuss how easily doors and locks are bypassed.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2018–2021

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Security & hacking
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deviant ollamphysical securitylock bypasssocial engineeringpentesting

What people said

rozab · 2021-07 · Strong recommendation

Deviant Ollam's talks are always first class. I also love this one, about physical pentesting in general: [VIDEO]

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jimpudar · 2021-03 · Recommendation

This is nowhere near being viable for real world use. Far more concerning is how easy it is to bypass most physical security measures. Forgetting about how easy it is to pick open most locks, many doors aren't even installed properly in the first place. Check out this YouTube video [0] to see what I'm talking about. [0] [VIDEO]

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magicalhippo · 2020-11 · Recommendation

Reminded me of this talk. So many silly things leading to easy access. "I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers" [VIDEO]

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