Simon Geusebroek
Pentester @Synacktiv, I like as much trying to enter into your computers than into your facilities.
I'm a physical intrusion specialist, and more specifically like the technical aspect of it, as opposed to the social engineering side which I use as a second resort. I'm particularly happy when I manage to demonstrate how the creative use of low cost items may allow to easily circumvent seemingly secure systems: this usually lead people to look at their locks differently, which I consider as one of the goals of my pentester job.
While also doing physical intrusion into offices, industrial sites are often more challenging and have a neat "urbex" feeling where you never know what awaits you behind that closed door. A huge difference however is that this activity is not only legal, but also helps to improve the security ecosystem.
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There was time when computer security was not a thing. A time blessed by wannabe hackers when sensitive facilities were just wide open because, seriously, who would really attempt to hack into a research or a leading industry system ? This was a long time ago... or was it ? What if I tell you there is a whole branch of information security which still happily lives in this stone-age ?