Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse

If you feel like going down an elevator rabbithole, Deviant Ollam has quite a few talks/videos about all sorts of niche elevator stuff. My personal favorite: ▶ this video

SimTower started as elevator simulator, and was then turned into a game. Also, this is a great talk if you want to know more about elevators: ▶ this video

I ran into ▶ this video (Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse) awhile back, and it was so interesting to me that I ended up watching the entire 2 hours in one sitting.

If you're interested in elevators and the hacking thereof I would also highly recommend this talk: ▶ this video

Relevant video discussing fire keys and other common keys: link And since this thread is about elevators, I have to also mention another video of theirs: ▶ this video

It is perhaps more appropriate to say the button frequently does nothing because you frequently lack the proper permissions... ▶ this video

Deviant Ollam does another talk with elevator consultant Howard Payne just about elevator security which is fantastic. It's very similar to this one, but goes deeper into the single subject. There are a few versions on YouTube of various lengths, but here's the 2 hour version: ▶ this video

Deviant Ollam - The Hotel Room Gourmet link Also not 2018 but his elevator with Howard Payne talk: link (1h version) ▶ this video (2h version) And the search for the perfect door: link

There was an elevator hacking talk that went into the buffers at the bottom of the elevator. You may have seen them in elevators that have glass on the outside of the shaft like in malls and hotels. The elevator never rests on those. Those are to take the impact of an elevator that crashes. Inspectors will often test the buffers as well as part of routine maintenance: ▶ this video

Yes. That's the shorter censored versoion. I recommend the full 2 hour version, with all the secrets: ▶ this video My second favourite talk: You spent all that money and your still got owned: link I even watch these again and again.

And watch this[0] entire (super entertaining) talk from Hope X about elevator security. You get a pretty good feal for how the safety measures work after watching it. [0] ▶ this video

I don't know about subways, but elevators should never be a part of a building's security because they're so easy to hack[1]. [1]: ▶ this video

> After a week of recon I found out that the 4th and 5th floors are only accessible with a very specific card via the elevator. I didn’t have that card. Even if I get to the elevator I could not go to the 5th floor See ▶ this video