Inspired by the blogpost My Red Team assessment hardware by David Sopas this post describes hardware tools that I have in my inventory, their purpose as well as the features/firmwares/tricks that motivated me to buy them. This is not intended to be an exhaustively detailed list, but I will try to give some rational and use-cases for each of the tools, as well as categorize them.
Do it yourself projects (partially or completely) will be marked as such with the tag [DIY]. URLs provided are either to the repositories, official websites, technical references, or online sellers. If you find any URL broken please contact me, otherwise you can still find the tools by searching the name of them with any search engine.
None of the links to online stores are sponsored in any way and should only be used as a reference.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other radios
[DIY] io433 by kripthor
[DIY] Throwing Star LAN Tap
Device inspection (debug tools and programmers)
[DIY] Logic probe
Smart cards
Generic boards
Screwdrivers, Lockpick and others
Random
[DIY] Small IC Test Clips, Pogo pin clamps and PCB Workstation with Needle-Probes
Large assortment of cables and adapters
Generic USB LED lamp (useful for low-light situation)
Assortment of USB Pens
Laptop
Backpack and bags
Footnotes
Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks as well as cell towers, usually from a moving vehicle, using a laptop or smartphone., Wikipedia ↩
Monitor mode, or RFMON (Radio Frequency MONitor) mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller (WNIC) to monitor all traffic received on a wireless channel. Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an access point or ad hoc network first., Wikipedia ↩ ↩2
USB device has an in-built firmware feature that allows itself to be disguised as a human interface device (USB HID), such as a keyboard, and thus inject payloads via keystrokes. ↩ ↩2
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