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

Wild West Hackin' Fest · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hacking

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Deviant Ollam's talks are always first class.”

    Deviant Ollam's overview of physical pentesting

    rozab, 2021-07 · Strong recommendation · in “List of Special Elevator Modes”

  2. “many of the techniques listed in this (<1hr) video”

    Quick physical pen testing tactics anyone can learn

    jstrieb, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?”

  3. “is a fun YouTube video about physical pen testing”

    Fun physical pen testing stories, like beating a bank door

    jodrellblank, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1”

  4. “So many silly things leading to easy access.”

    Many silly weaknesses giving easy physical access

    magicalhippo, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “DIY Smart Doorbell with a Raspberry Pi”

  5. “Check out this YouTube video [0] to see what I'm talking about.”

    Shows how easily physical security is bypassed

    jimpudar, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Phone app can figure out the shape of your house key by listening to you use it”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: deviant ollam, physical security, lock bypass, social engineering, pentesting

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