Archive for August 2013
Announcing the Rift Recon Online Shop + New Tools
Last night – while you were sleeping – the Rift Recon Store went live. After processing our first orders this morning, we’re excited to announce that the launch is now official: the Rift Recon Store offers the highest quality physical security and penetration testing products and kits, and trainings, available anywhere. The Rift Recon Store…
Read MoreGear Review of the TOOOL.us Tremendous Twelve Toolkit
This is the 12 piece lockpick set offered by the TOOOL organization, designed by their members to open as many locks possible with the least amount of effort. I have been testing this set for nearly a week now and I will share my findings with you. Upon initial inspection I found the picks themselves…
Read More#LOLBitcoin Party Access Control System Setup
At Defcon 21 earlier this month ExploitHub and Rift Recon held #LOLBitcoin, a party at a two story Sky Villa in the Palms Hotel. In order to get in, guests had to solve a multi-phase crypto challenge (Walkthrough posted on the ExploitHub blog) or receive a VIP pass. Here Rift Recon engineer John Norman describes…
Read MoreIn Pictures: A Peek Behind The Scenes at Rift Recon
We’re getting a lot of great questions about how we create and document our products, make our selections, design our trainings, and more. Here’s a peek behind the scenes at Rift. This photo session with our Director of Products and Vendor Relations (internally known as Director of Armamentarium) Austin Appel shows the ‘Making Of’ some…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Rift Recon Newsletter
We’ve started a Rift Recon newsletter. We’re looking forward to sharing a few things that excite us with you every week, such as news, links, tools and products, and upcoming events as related to physical security. Here’s to growing a robust and informed community. Want to join the list? Sign up via our webform on…
Read MoreBlack Hat USA 2013 and DEF CON 21 Recap
Ten days in Las Vegas sounds like a lot of fun to some people, or a long time for other people. But for the Rift Recon team, the time flew by as we attended and demoed our new Red Team bag at Black Hat USA 2013, BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON 21. These three…
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