Books like Secrets of lock picking by Steven Hampton

A step‑by‑step visual guide that teaches readers how to pick warded locks, pin tumblers, wafer tumblers, and other common residential, commercial, automotive, and utility locks, with detailed illustrations and practical exercises.

For the first time, Deviant Ollam, one of the security industry's best-known lockpicking teachers, has assembled an instructional manual geared specifically toward penetration testers. Unlike other texts on the subject (which tend to be either massive volumes detailing every conceivable style of lock or brief "spy manuals" that only skim the surface) this book is for INFOSEC professionals that need essential, core knowledge of lockpicking and seek the ability to open most locks with relative ease. Deviant's material is presented with rich, detailed diagrams and is offered in easy-to-follow lessons which allow even beginners to acquire the knowledge very quickly. Everything from straightforward lockpicking to quick-entry techniques like shimming, bumping, and bypassing is explained and shown.Whether you're being hired to penetrate security or simply trying to harden your own defenses, this book is essential.

Lockpicking has become a popular topic with many in the security community. While many have chosen to learn the fine art of opening locks without keys, few people explore the fascinating methods of attack that are possible WITH keys. Keys to the Kingdom addresses the topics of impressioning, master key escalation, skeleton keys, and bumping attacks that go well beyond any treatment of these topics in the author's previous book, Practical Lock Picking. This material is all new and focuses on locks currently in use as well as ones that have recently emerged on the market. Hackers and pen testers or persons tasked with defending their infrastructure and property from invasion will find these techniques uniquely valuable. As with Deviant Ollam's previous book, Practical Lock Picking, Keys to the Kingdom includes full-color versions of all diagrams and photographs. Check out the companion website which includes instructional videos that provide readers with a full-on training seminar from the author. Excellent companion to Deviant Ollam's Practical Lock Picking. Understand the typical failings of common security hardware in order to avoid these weaknesses. Learn advanced methods of physical attack in order to be more successful with penetration testing.Detailed full-color photos in the book make learning easy, and companion website is filled with invalualble training videos from Dev!

Master locksmith Steven Hampton dissects today’s most popular high‑security locks, explaining how each resists picking, the time required, and the tools and techniques needed to test them. The book offers practical instructions for creating your own picks and tension wrenches.

Steel Bolt Hacking is a lock picking book for those that want to learn the art of picking locks as a hobby. With such annual events as DefCon, the annual hackers convention, more and more computer people are becoming interested in learning lock picking. Lock picking sports groups are springing up all over the world with little or no books to support it. Typically the art of lock picking is passed down from locksmith to apprentice and rarely are there any material to help those interested in lock picking, that don't necessarily want to become a locksmith to learn it. Steel Bolt Hacking will teach you more than just the basics, you will learn to pick padlocks, deadbolts, push button combination locks, and how find the number on combination padlocks. About the Author: Douglas Chick is the author of What All Network Administrators Know and creator of the computer professional website, TheNetworkAdministrator.com.

An illustrated, step‑by‑step guide covering a wide range of lock‑picking techniques for legal, academic study and basic lock security.

A practical guide that updates traditional lock picking techniques for the electronic age, offering schematic diagrams for portable electronic picks, templates for custom tools, and tips to enhance finger sensitivity and concentration.

This amazing and useful book gives complete, illustrated instructions for making your own professional lock tools - lock tools that are of better-than-manufactured quality, and much cheaper! All the equipment and supplies described in this book are available from your local hardware or hobby shop, with no questions asked. Eddie the Wire is a pro who reveals the little-known tricks of his trade for you to use! In step-by-step illustrated detail, Eddie the Wire tells you where to get the best materials to use for making your own professional lock picks, how to make your own pick gun, how to make a plug spinner... and much, much more. For information purposes only.

A practical, illustrated guide to learning lock picking techniques for common residential, commercial, automotive, and specialty locks.

A technical guide tracing the evolution of pick guns, from early patents to modern FBI and intelligence uses, with illustrations of improvised devices.

A practical guide to crafting professional lock‑picking tools, volume four of the series by Eddie the Wire.

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