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The Hacker's Briefcase
Anyone who’s ever seriously delved into pentesting or hacking is likely to have ended up stuck just a single step away from a successfully orchestrated attack. Kevin Mitnick’s The Art of Intrusion describes in detail the story of a particular pentest where the testers ran into trouble in the form of a firewall properly configured by the system administrator. It seemed that there was no chance of breaking through and accessing the company’s internal network. However, one of the team members had found a functional network socket in the lobby and secretly used it to connect a miniature wireless access device (which no one ended up noticing until the end of the testing procedure). This allowed the pentest team to acquire direct access to the company’s internal network by means of Wi-Fi. This is just one of many examples that illustrate how important it is not to underestimate hacking devices. Inspired by this piece of wisdom, we’ll be looking into some of the more curious devices available online.
31 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 21, 2012
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February 12, 2022
Hacking is Expensive Apparently
Lots of expensive devices listed here, though not all. Unfortunately, this was written in 2012 so I would double check everything in this book to see if it’s still even used. Also, the author constantly recommends checking the internet anyway for instructions. If you know what you’re doing, this could be nostalgic in the least, or give you some ideas at best.
Lots of expensive devices listed here, though not all. Unfortunately, this was written in 2012 so I would double check everything in this book to see if it’s still even used. Also, the author constantly recommends checking the internet anyway for instructions. If you know what you’re doing, this could be nostalgic in the least, or give you some ideas at best.
July 21, 2017
I'm not sure why I even bought this. The piece is a short (maybe 20 pages) advertorial. Ads for "hackery" hardware you can buy. All of the info nearly worthless 6 months after publishing.
January 7, 2020
Good reference
Shows lots of products, prices, and web sites. It is a good reference for the hacker wanna be. I am not a wanna be.
Shows lots of products, prices, and web sites. It is a good reference for the hacker wanna be. I am not a wanna be.
June 19, 2013
Not worth the $4. I thought I was checking it out from the Prime location, but bought it instead. Not very informative.
May 23, 2016
Mostly hak5 stuff
This is basically just a book about the hak5 store. Where's the pwpad or pwnphone? Waste of time. I wouldn't recommend it.
This is basically just a book about the hak5 store. Where's the pwpad or pwnphone? Waste of time. I wouldn't recommend it.
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