The Dropbox

A Dropbox, sometimes also called a Jump Box, is a small device that you can hide somewhere within the physical location that you are targeting. Getting the device into the location will sometimes take other skills, such as social engineering, or even a little breaking and entering, to get the device into the location. A Dropbox can also be a box sent by the Security Consultant firm to be installed on a network for pen testing from a remote location.

These days, small, fully-fledged computers are cheap and easy to configure. There are also devices on the market that are specifically designed for this use and are ready to go right out of the box. The Raspberry Pi is a small computer on a board that runs a full Linux distro and can be configured for this work. Two devices made for this use are the Wi-Fi Pineapple and the Pwnie Express. The Wi-Fi Pineapple is our personal favorite. It comes with two separately configurable Wi-Fi access points and a CAT5 interface. It is only slightly...