Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached. These are not independently verified facts.
Daniel Beckwitt USES key-logger
Daniel allegedly placed a physical key-logger on a professor’s computer and used it to obtain access to the professor’s email.
Uncertain Confidence 93% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“He put a key-logger on the professor’s computer”
key-logger USES keylogging
The key-logger recorded every keystroke and stored the results for later retrieval.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“it records every keystroke that computer makes”
Daniel Beckwitt USES VPN
Daniel configured the tunnel Wi-Fi through a VPN so Askia would believe he was in Virginia.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“Daniel provided WiFi but he set the WiFi up with a VPN”
Daniel Beckwitt USES Bitcoin mining
Daniel mined Bitcoin while he was at university.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“Daniel started mining Bitcoin”
Shane Lawson USES Hard-drive destruction
Shane and the other presenters pursued a method to remotely and physically destroy a hard drive.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Shane Lawson EP 39 Details
“What we’d really like to do is have a way to remotely destroy a drive”
Daniel Beckwitt USES thermite
Daniel used thermite in repeated experiments to destroy hard drives.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“he placed the hard drive in the dug-out pit, added the thermite on top of it”
Daniel Beckwitt USES phone phreaking
As a teenager, Daniel played with phone phreaking, described as hacking phones.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 39 Details
“as a teenager he loved to play with phone phreaking”
Kyle says he is on the Red Team at McKesson.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“Right now, I’m on the Red Team at McKesson.”
Darknet Diaries MENTIONS JDLR
The episode discusses JDLR, described as a mall security-awareness campaign meaning Just Doesn’t Look Right.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 40 Details
“JDLR was a security awareness campaign that the mall cops put up”
Kyle USES drop ceiling bypass
Kyle's colleague enters the server room through the drop ceiling rather than using its door.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“Then he slid the other tile out of the way, dropped down on the other side”
network dropbox USES Linux
Jack explains that the Raspberry Pi used in the dropbox is a small Linux computer.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 40 Details
“this is a Raspberry Pi and it’s like a tiny little Linux computer”
Kyle works as part of a Red Team conducting simulated offensive security tests.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“I’m on the Red Team at McKesson.”
Kyle USES social engineering
Kyle and his team use disguises, cover stories, employee branding, and fabricated explanations to appear authorized.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“Typically, you want to dress for the part”
“we’re here dealing with some incident response stuff. We’re with information security.”
Kyle USES lock picking
Kyle and his colleague use lock-picking tools to open a locked office door.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 40 Details
“We pull out some lock picks and begin trying to pick the lock.”
“We clone it with a Proxmark right on the spot and then we leave.”
Kyle USES badge cloning
Kyle clones a headquarters badge to obtain access to the target building.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“We clone it with a Proxmark right on the spot”
“I had taken their badge design, put my photo on it, and printed it on this cloned badge.”
network dropbox USES mobile hotspot
The dropbox uses a mobile hotspot to establish an external connection.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“mobile hotspot enabled, attached to a Raspberry Pi”
network dropbox USES Raspberry Pi
The dropbox is assembled using a Raspberry Pi.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“attached to a Raspberry Pi attached to a wireless card”
Kyle uses a Proxmark to clone an RFID badge.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“We clone it with a Proxmark right on the spot”
Jack describes the badge-cloning device as scanning RFID badge data.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 40 Details
“This is a device that can scan an RFID badge and take the data from it”
Kyle USES passive reconnaissance
Kyle and his team use social media, Google Maps, and related public information to profile target locations and employees.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“I get on my browser and I just go to Facebook; I go to LinkedIn; I go to Twitter.”
“You also look at what Google Maps has to offer.”
Kyle USES network dropbox
Kyle repeatedly deploys a portable network dropbox inside target facilities to provide remote access to the internal network.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 40 Details
“Kyle takes his backpack off and pulls out a dropbox.”
“We get the dropbox plugged in in between the copier and the wall.”
Kyle USES physical penetration testing
Kyle and his coworkers perform physical penetration tests by breaking into buildings to test security.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“The point was to gain access to headquarters by way of anything we could do at any of the previous sites”
Kyle USES firewall bypass
Kyle says the team bypassed the firewall while deploying the dropbox.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle EP 40 Details
“We bypassed the firewall.”
JekHyde and Carl physical penetration engagement INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA phishing
The team obtained initial physical access through a targeted phishing and pretexting campaign that prompted an employee to invite them to the facility.
Derived Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 41 Details
“they’ve got someone inside inviting them in”
JekHyde and Carl physical penetration engagement INVOLVES credential interception
The team recovered unencrypted credentials by monitoring traffic on the network and used them to pivot into multiple systems.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Carl EP 41 Details
“With sufficient amount of monitoring on the wire, credentials were recovered”