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Security Breach: Fence Jump vs. Social Engineering Strategy #shorts

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Team proposes two security test options: fence jump vs. social engineering. The fence looks easy to enter, but escaping a 3-meter drop in the bright lights? Not so much. #bsidesfrankfurt #bsides #bsidesfra #SecurityTesting #SocialEngineering
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I was not a very bright uh uh lookout for that. So we presented them two options. The first one would be jump the fence. The second one would be some non-technical, not very exciting but maybe more promising social engineering. So we said okay for jumping the fence we found that spot. It's super easy to get in for us. Super hard to get out because that spot was on the far side of the facility and there would be virtually nowhere to get out from then because try jumping 3 mters. It's uh quite the challenge. Um, and it would be super suspicious at night because we found during our observation that there was nobody on site at night. Um, the

facility was well lit, incredibly well lit. It was winter time, so even the the snow on the ground would reflect all the light. So you would be sticking out like a saw