Trashing, a complete guide!

Trashing, a complete guide!

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Ive been wanting to write an article but couldnt think on what, then i randomly decided to write one on the art of trashing, which is a bit ironic since ive never done it, but i know people who have, and know a little bit about it, so i will try, hope its useful :P

Alot of people enjoy trashing, others hate it, but whatever you feel you cant deny the conviniance and possible rewards it can give, here are some tips on the best ways to use this approach.

Trashing is illegal, it is stealing in the eyes of the law, and often tresspass aswell, but most times the police wouldnt do much with a simple excuse that you were recycling of somthing, so dont worry to much, but closed sites where you have to climb over walls or gates are differant, if you get caught the gaurds wont be happy to see you, be carefull.

Some stuff trashers look out for… notepads, scrap notes and post its - these are great for finding things like phone numbers passwords and ip's, plus give good information if you plan to infiltate and social engineer. Floppy disks and CD's - who knows what valuable info could be on this kind of stuff Shredded paper, office manuals and computer manuals - shredded paper can have a lot of info on adresses, bank details and evan credit card numbers, and knowing what computers the company are running is a great advantage when it comes to hacking, and the office manuls could help to social engineer again. Old machinery, cables, furniture - companys through out some good stuff somtimes, they get a budget for new equipment, and very few would bother selling the old so fully operational compuers, decant cabling and decant furniture can all be had this way.

Choosing your target… some trashers look about for companys that are closing down, clearing out or updating, these will often through out decant equipment, it is very possible to build a decant lan at home purley on other company junk! Or the trasher might have a set company in mind, a company they want to hack but needs more info on passwords, hiarchy, the people and anything really, any info can be usefull.

How to trash… Trashers prefer dumpsters that they can walk up tp on the street, or in a carpark, the ones they dont like are behind locked gates, have guards, guard dogs, cameras or motion sensors, often a trasher would return to the site many times hoping for an unlocked gate or somthing. when you trash its importan not to leave any evidence that you where there, no damaged locks or mess, because if this happens the company may well take som extra precautons on their trash, and thats not what we want.

Sorting… slightly damaged disks can easily be rescued with a bit of effort memos will give good insite for social enginerring manuals could be very usefull for knowing exactly what the company use, and sometimes you could find a manula called somthing like 'firewall setup and debugging', do i need to say how valuable that could be? shredded document's are a must, it is easy to sort out, first sort by obviouse things like font colour, paper colour, paper size and thickness, then just a little time spent joining them. great information on clients can be found this way, bank details, account details, credit cards.

"Trashing" is a very common way for identity theifs and criminals to obtain information about you (as desribed above). To prevent against Trashing its vital you shredd or even burn important information you woudlnt want put into the wrong hands.

Espically large companies and schools, you should always without a doubt shredd senstive information. I think this article demonstrates how easy it is for anyone to obtain information.

Stay secure and never simply throw away sensitive documents!

Well thats about it, hope you find it usefull, and please rate and comment :D