Person

Brian Halbach

person:brian_halbach Also: Brian

Red-team operator who participated in the physical security assessment described in the episode.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing MEMBER_OF RedTeam Security Explicit 95
outgoing USES physical penetration testing Explicit 95
outgoing USES Red teaming Explicit 95
outgoing USES social engineering Explicit 95
outgoing USES Google Maps Explicit 95
outgoing USES OSINT Explicit 95
outgoing USES Raspberry Pi Explicit 95
outgoing USES Raspberry Pi Explicit 95
outgoing USES RFID badge cloning Explicit 95
outgoing USES USB sticks Explicit 95
outgoing USES network tap Explicit 95
outgoing USES under-door bypass Explicit 95

Claims

Brian Halbach MEMBER_OF RedTeam Security

Brian says he is one of the red-teamers at RedTeam Security.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“I’m one of the red-teamers here at RedTeam Security.”

Brian Halbach · offsets 4725–4777

Brian Halbach USES physical penetration testing

Brian identifies physical penetration testing as one of his activities.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“Physical pen testing, red-teaming, regular old pen testing.”

Brian Halbach · offsets 5146–5205

Brian Halbach USES Red teaming

Brian says he performs red-teaming as part of his work.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“Physical pen testing, red-teaming, regular old pen testing.”

Brian Halbach · offsets 5146–5205

Brian Halbach USES social engineering

Brian says he performs social engineering over the phone and in person.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“I also really love social engineering over the phone and in person.”

Brian Halbach · offsets 5207–5274

Brian Halbach USES Google Maps

Brian says they used Google Maps to map the facilities and locations during preparation.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“using the advanced hacking tool Google Maps”

Brian Halbach · offsets 10518–10561

Brian Halbach USES OSINT

Brian says they conducted OSINT while mapping the facilities.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“Yeah, we did a bunch of OSINT”

Brian Halbach · offsets 10564–10593

Brian Halbach USES Raspberry Pi

Brian says they brought Raspberry Pis to plug into network ports during the physical tests.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“we had a bag full of Raspberry Pis that we were able to plug in”

Brian Halbach · offsets 8458–8521

Brian Halbach USES RFID badge cloning

Brian and Jon attempted to clone employees’ RFID badges during the engagement.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“we waited for their employees to drive off for lunch or drive off for – to other locations throughout the city that they’d have to go to do their jobs. We would follow them in our car and then we would bump into them around town because, yeah, we don’t want to tip our hand yet and try to just – well, everybody knew everybody at the headquarters, so we didn’t want to tip our hand there. So, we followed the employees as they would go around town and then clone their badges”

Brian Halbach · offsets 27408–27885

Brian Halbach USES USB sticks

Brian says he dropped malicious USB sticks during the building test.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“I did the same thing Jon did and just dropped a couple of malicious USBs.”

Brian Halbach · offsets 66525–66598

Brian Halbach USES network tap

Brian says he hoped to attach the LANstar network tap to a computer in the lobby.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Brian Halbach EP 95 Details

“I could attach that LANstar, that network tap that we had talked about”

Brian Halbach · offsets 66242–66312

Brian Halbach USES Raspberry Pi

Brian says the team used Raspberry Pis as concealed computers that could phone home when connected to a network.

Explicit Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 95 Details

“They’ve got these things pre-configured to phone home as soon as they’re plugged in.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 20457–20541

Brian Halbach USES under-door bypass

Brian and Jon used under-door tools as part of their physical entry toolkit.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jonathan Studebaker EP 95 Details

“we brought some under-the-door tools”