Just a simple post this week, but you know what they say the best things come in the simplest of packages. 🙂
Like any good boy scout, you should always be prepared. So lets have a quick look at what we should have in our pockets and social engineering kit bag. The aim of this list is to provide a growing resource that can provide a reference point to many (in no particular order). If you feel something is missing, please feel free to drop me a mail with the details of the item, and the reason behind it.
- Your Brain – Its the most powerful tool you have. Planning and manoeuvrability.
- Lock Picks – You never know when you need to get past a lock.
- Pick Gun – When time is an issue.
- Super Mica Cards – When you don’t have a starbucks reward card handy.
- Cigarettes & Lighter- A smoker can be your best friend.
- Business Cards – Fake and Legit cards, they can be a real convincer.
- Metal coat hanger – Always handy to have some metal wire you can bend into handy shapes.
- Camera – Always handy to record video and take some photo’s.
- Pack of Cards – Everyone loves magic.
- Get out of Jail Letter – Real and Fake, for when things get tight.
- Mobile Phones – Its good to call, even better to drop and record.
- Access Point – Always handy to make a network drop for easy external access.
- Network Cables – Connecting the the network, and other creative things.
- Chewing Gum – For when you have to wait a while, and for sticking stuff.
- Gaffa Tape – Erm for sticking stuff.
- Computer – Handy to have your laptop, netbook, tablet handy for hacking and looking stuff up.
- String – You never know when you might need some string.
- ID Cards – An ID card helps you look official.
- Outfits – Its always a good idea to look the part and fit in.
- Condoms – You might need something inflatable, and who knows what else 🙂
- Mobile Jammer – Blocking phones, alarms, and anything else using mobile tech.
- Tools – Screwdrivers, spanners, grips, pliers etc. Oh and security torx bits.
- Dictaphone – Something for discreet recordings.
- Rubber Gloves – You never know when you need to put your hands somewhere nasty.
- Bags – For collecting and putting stuff in. Dumpster diving, etc.
- RFID Cloner – Cloning access badges and alike.
- USB Storage – Leave behinds, OS on a stick, Payloads, etc.
- Live CDs – Never know when you need to use a client machine and no USB support.
- Torch – Its dark sometimes.
- Pocket Knife – Handy for cutting stuff.
- Tripod – Mounting Cameras, antennas, lasers, etc.
- Paper and Pen – Making notes, leaving messages, paper aeroplanes.
- Sweets – Sweets are good if your bored, but also make a good bribe and rapport builder.
- Watch – Always handy to keep track of time on an engagement.
- Laser Pointer – Handy for point out something to a colleague, also for CCTV bypassing.
- Money – Buying stuff, bribes, etc
- Elastic Bands – Hold stuff together.
- Velcro – Stick stuff together.
- Earphones – Discreet listening.
- Scope / Binoculars – Remote viewing.
- Keylogger – USB and PS2 variety for logging those key strokes.
- Jasager (Hak5 Pineapple) – For getting all those clients talking to you.
