Keys to the Kingdom
1st Edition
Impressioning, Privilege Escalation, Bumping, and Other Key-Based Attacks Against Physical Locks
Description
Lockpicking has become a popular topic with many in the security community. While many have chosen to learn the fine art of opening locks without keys, few people explore the fascinating methods of attack that are possible WITH keys. Keys to the Kingdom addresses the topics of impressioning, master key escalation, skeleton keys, and bumping attacks that go well beyond any treatment of these topics in the author’s previous book, Practical Lock Picking.
This material is all new and focuses on locks currently in use as well as ones that have recently emerged on the market. Hackers and pen testers or persons tasked with defending their infrastructure and property from invasion will find these techniques uniquely valuable. As with Deviant Ollam’s previous book, Practical Lock Picking, Keys to the Kingdom includes full-color versions of all diagrams and photographs. Check out the companion website which includes instructional videos that provide readers with a full-on training seminar from the author.
Key Features
- Excellent companion to Deviant Ollam’s Practical Lock Picking
- Understand the typical failings of common security hardware in order to avoid these weaknesses
- Learn advanced methods of physical attack in order to be more successful with penetration testing
- Detailed full-color photos in the book make learning easy, and companion website is filled with invalualble training videos from Dev!
Readership
Information Security professionals of all levels, hackers, people whose jobs entail physical security (both defensive and offensive) and especially penetration testers. This book will also be popular with lock picking hobbyists, and those who purchased the author’s previous volume Practical Lock Picking
Table of Contents
Dedication
Author’s Note
About the Author
About the Technical Editor
Chapter 1. Impressioning
The Mechanics of Pin Tumbler Locks
What is Impressioning?
Why Choose Impressioning?
How Impressioning Works
Tips and Tricks
Open!
Locks That Resist Impressioning
Training Aids and Exercises
Summary
Chapter 2. Soft Medium Attacks
Foil Keys
Wax Keys
Mold-and-Cast Attacks
Summary
Chapter 3. Master-Keyed Systems
Introduction
How Master-Keying Works
Attacking Master-Keyed Systems
Other Methods of Master Key Compromise
Defending Against This Attack
Maison-Keying
Summary
Chapter 4. Bump Keys
Introduction
Snapping Attacks
Bump Keys
Summary
Chapter 5. Overlifting
Introduction
Rear Shimming
Overlifting Wafers
Overlifting Pins
Summary
Chapter 6. Skeleton Keys
Introduction
Warded Locks
Simple Skeleton Keys
More Complicated Skeleton Keys
Warded Picks
Types of Warded Locks
Summary
Chapter 7. SmartKey Attacks
Introduction
The Kwikset SmartKey System
Decoding SmartKey Locks
Summary
Chapter 8. Don’t Let Your Keys Talk to Strangers
Introduction
Key Decoding
Key Photographing
Making Keys Resistant to Decoding
One More Trick Up Your Sleeve
Summary
Index
Details
- No. of pages:
- 256
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Syngress 2013
- Published:
- 24th September 2012
- Imprint:
- Syngress
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9781597499835
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780123979308
About the Author
Deviant Ollam
Deviant Ollam's first and strongest love has always been teaching. A graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Science, Technology, and Society program, he is always fascinated by the interplay that connects human values and social trends to developments in the technical world. While earning his BS degree at NJIT, Deviant also completed the History degree program federated between that institution and Rutgers University. While paying the bills as a security auditor and penetration testing consultant with The CORE Group, Deviant is also a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. division of TOOOL, The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers. Every year at DEFCON and ShmooCon, Deviant runs the Lockpick Village, and he has conducted physical security training sessions at Black Hat, DeepSec, ToorCon, HackCon, ShakaCon, HackInTheBox, CanSecWest, ekoparty, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. His favorite Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are, in no particular order, the 1st, 2nd, 9th, and 10th.
Affiliations and Expertise
Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. division of TOOOL, The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers and Security Auditor and Penetration Testing Consultant with The CORE Group
Reviews
"Ollam writes in a clear-cut and systematic manner, describing all of the details needed...For those who perform physical penetration testing, [this]…book will prove to be invaluable." --Slashdot.com and RSA Conference