• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Is pen testing a visual test now?

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

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 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?”

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

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