Comment on Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

• capital@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can’t see how being less detectable might be in your favor for a pen test?

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  • null@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not spy work, it’s testing a system.

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    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Part of modern pen testing absolutely involves a bit of social engineering to test policy enforcement

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    • capital@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There can be a physical component to it though I’m not too sure about how prevalent it is. Which would be aided by blending in.

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  • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is pen testing a visual test now?

    How does the physical appearance of the device affect its electronic penetration?

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes? Pen testing is often “I am hiring you to see how far you can get into the company infrastructure under these constraints.” This includes human interaction, and humans can be a barrier to a pen test.

      Part of that is going to be looking as innocuous as possible. Though admittedly that isn’t always the case. This kinda gets blown away when someone goes “oh look, that’s a flipper zero, aren’t those used for hacking?”

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      • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Interesting. It sounded kind of ridiculous to me, I guess I didn’t consider gaining access to a building or something.

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