Technique
technique:rfid_badge_cloning
Also: badge cloning
Reading an employee access badge from a short distance and producing a copy for facility entry.
Reading an employee access badge from a short distance and producing a copy for facility entry.
“clone their badges”
“they can make a copy of it without that person knowing”
Physical-security technique using an RFID reader or cloner to capture badge identifiers and reproduce access badges.
“I’m gonna put a RFID cloner next to their badge reader”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Jonathan Studebaker | Explicit | 95 |
| incoming | USES | Brian Halbach | Explicit | 95 |
| incoming | USES | Proxmark | Explicit | 160 |
Jonathan Studebaker USES RFID badge cloning
Jonathan says their equipment included long-range RFID readers for cloning entry badges.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jonathan Studebaker EP 95 Details
“long-range RFID readers for cloning badges like entry-access badges”
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”
Proxmark USES RFID badge cloning
The Proxmark system was used for RFID badge cloning during the physical penetration test.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Greg Linares EP 160 Details
“I’m gonna put a RFID cloner next to their badge reader”