A curated list of awesome guides, tools, and other resources relating to the security and compromise of locks, safes, and keys.
Lock picking is the art of opening a lock without the key and without damaging or destroying the lock or its door. If you want to contribute, you are highly encouraged to do so. Please read the contribution guidelines.
- Books
- Contests, conferences, and events
- Hobby projects
- How-to lockpicking guides
- Locksport associations and organizations
- Novel lock attack techniques and research
- Online communities
- Online resources
- Vendors
- Eddie the Wire books
- Expedient B and E: Tactics and Techniques for Bypassing Alarms and Defeating Locks - Carl Hammer
- Keys to the Kingdom by Deviant Ollam, 2012
- Lock Picking: Detail Overkill by Solomon
- Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference - Information on locks, safes and security by Marc Weber Tobias.
- Practical Lock Picking by Deviant Ollam, 2012
- Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide - Detailed instructions and exercises designed for professional physical security specialists, consultants, and red teams.
- The Use of Locks in Physical Crime Prevention - James M Edgar and William D Mclnerey
- Chaos Communications Congress (CCC) - CCC hosts the German Lockpicking Championships.
- DEF CON - Annual infosec industry conference which is popular with many lockpickers featuring a locksport contest.
- Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) - Annual conference often featuring a locksport competition and presentations on physical security.
- OzSecCon - Open community event focusing on physical security in Australia, which hosts a lockpicking and handcuff evasion competition. <