7 sexy high-tech enterprise ‘surveillance engineering’ techniques that criminal hackers use
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Using a telephoto lens from up to 200-feet or a smartphone up close, attackers can turn a clear pic of a master key or high-security key into easy enterprise access, using a 3D printer to create the duplicate. With special software code like what two MIT students created for DefCon 21, criminal hackers can ensure that the necessary key measurements make it from the photo to the new key.
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