Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing For IT Security Teams

309 Pages·2009·2.62 MB·English

by  Wil Allsopp

Unauthorised Access

Unauthorised Access
Physical Penetration Testing For IT
Security Teams
Wil Allsopp
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword xvii
1 The Basics of Physical Penetration Testing 1
WhatDoPenetrationTestersDo? 2
SecurityTestingintheRealWorld 2
LegalandProceduralIssues 4
KnowtheEnemy 8
EngagingaPenetrationTestingTeam 9
Summary 10
2 Planning Your Physical Penetration Tests 11
BuildingtheOperatingTeam 12
ProjectPlanningandWorkflow 15
Codes,CallSignsandCommunication 26
Summary 28
3 Executing Tests 29
CommonParadigmsforConductingTests 30
ConductingSiteExploration 31
ExampleTacticalApproaches 34
MechanismsofPhysicalSecurity 36
Summary 50
viii CONTENTS
4 An Introduction to Social Engineering
Techniques 51
IntroductiontoGuerillaPsychology 53
TacticalApproachestoSocialEngineering 61
Summary 66
5 Lock Picking 67
LockPickingasaHobby 68
IntroductiontoLockPicking 72
AdvancedTechniques 80
AttackingOtherMechanisms 82
Summary 86
6 Information Gathering 89
DumpsterDiving 90
ShoulderSurfing 99
CollectingPhotographicIntelligence 102
FindingInformationFromPublicSourcesandthe
Internet 107
ElectronicSurveillance 115
CovertSurveillance 117
Summary 119
7 Hacking Wireless Equipment 121
WirelessNetworkingConcepts 122
IntroductiontoWirelessCryptography 125
CrackingEncryption 131
AttackingaWirelessClient 144
MountingaBluetoothAttack 150
Summary 153
8 Gathering the Right Equipment 155
The‘‘GetofJailFree’’Card 155
PhotographyandSurveillanceEquipment 157
ComputerEquipment 159
WirelessEquipment 160
GlobalPositioningSystems 165
LockPickingTools 167
ForensicsEquipment 169
CommunicationsEquipment 170
Scanners 171
Summary 175