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Practical Lock Picking,

Edition 1 A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide

Editors: By Deviant Ollam

Publication Date: 27 Jul 2010

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Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester’s Training Guide introduces the reader to the basic principles of lock picking. The book combines both easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, and tutorials that will help security-conscious people learn how to open most of the locks they may encounter during auditing or assessment work. It covers the fundamentals of pin tumbler and wafer locks; the basics of picking; beginner and advanced training; and quick entry techniques. Whether the student will be hired at some point to penetrate security or simply trying to harden his or her own defenses, this book is essential.

This instructional manual focuses on pin tumbler locks, the construction and function of which are illustrated with the aid of several diagrams. Everything from straightforward lock picking to quick-entry techniques like shimming, bumping, and bypassing are explained and shown. Guides and exercises demonstrate the use of basic lock-picking tools in order to manipulate and open these locks. The text also describes the most common "alternative" designs of pin tumbler locks and summarizes the tools and techniques that can be effective against them. It comes with a DVD filled with indispensable lock picking videos and color photos.

This book is an ideal reference for penetration testers, security consultants, and IT security professionals as well as hackers.

Key Features

Detailed photos make learning as easy as picking a lock
DVD is filled with indispensible lock picking videos and color photos
Extensive appendix details tools and toolkits currently available for all your lock picking needs

About the author

By Deviant Ollam, 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

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Ethical Considerations

Introduction

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of pin tumbler and wafer locks

Pin tumbler locks

The plug

Pin tumbler lock operation

Wafer locks

Wafer lock construction

Wafer lock operation

Better wafer locks

Summary

Chapter 2 The basics of picking: Exploiting weaknesses

Exploiting Weaknesses in Locks

Manufacturing imperfections

Mechanical imperfections lead to security weaknesses

Picking with a Lifting Technique

The problem of too much tension

The peril of overlifting

Picking with a Raking Technique

The half diamond pick

Tension tools

Jiggler tools

Summary

Chapter 3 Beginner training: How to get very good, very fast

A Word on Equipment

Cutaway locks

Progressively pinned locks

The importance of a vice

The Basics of Field Stripping

Starter Exercises

Inserting and moving the pick

Feeling the spring

Setting a single pin stack

Learning Exercises

Slow down, lighten up

Two pin stacks

Three pin stacks

Four pin stacks and beyond

Challenging Yourself Further

Deep reach practice

Blindly mix and match

Using Rakes and Jigglers

Techniques of tool movement

Wafer Lock Exercises

Progressive wafer locks

Tensioning wafer locks

Extra Hints

Which way to turn

Plugs stuck upside-down

Summary

Chapter 4 Advanced training: Learning some additional skills

Pick-resistant pins

Pins with lips

Pins with serrations

Coordinated pick-resistant components

Specialized picking techniques

Counter-rotation

Specialized picking tools

Featherweight tension tools

Bogotá jiggler rakes

Practice exercises

Spooled progressive practice locks

Pick-resistant keyways

Real-world locks that offer greater challenges

Defiant brand door locks

Master Lock color-plated series and fusion series

American Lock padlocks

Advanced security pin cylinder

Summary

Chapter 5 Quick-entry tricks: Shimming, bumping, and bypassing

Padlock shims

The Deviant beer can shim

Double shimming

Unshimmable padlocks

Snapping and bumping

Snap guns

Bump keys

Comb picks

Overlifting

Using comb picks

American Lock bypass tool

Door bypassing

Slip attacks against latch bolts

Triggering door handles and push bars

Summary

Chapter 6 They all come tumbling down: Pin tumblers in other configurations

Tubular locks

Inside a tubular lock

Pick tools for tubular locks

Picking tubular locks

Odd styles of tubular locks

Cruciform locks

Manually picking a cruciform lock

Cross lock picks

Dimple locks

The secret weakness in 90% of padlocks

Summary

Appendix: Guide to tools and toolkits

Index

ISBN: 9781597496117

Page Count: 256

Illustrations : Approx. 360 Illustrations

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