Tastic RFID Thief: Silent, But Deadly

Published

2014-09-24 00:00

Collected

2026-07-08 08:49

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id: 4284
title: "Tastic RFID Thief: Silent, But Deadly"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/tastic-rfid-thief-silent-deadly"
published_at: "2014-09-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["red-team", "hardware", "rfid", "physical-security", "pentest-tools", "tastic-rfid-thief"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4284"
lang: en
---

# Tastic RFID Thief: Silent, But Deadly

## Summary

A practical guide to silencing the Tastic RFID Thief before a physical penetration test: flip DIP switch SW1-4 on the HID MaxiProx reader to mute badge reads, or desolder the beeper for total silence.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2014-09-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/tastic-rfid-thief-silent-deadly
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4284