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The Drone That Can Hack You

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 11 2015, @12:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the engage-tinfoil-hat dept.

maxwell demon writes:

Weaponized drones are nothing new. However this drone is armed with digital weapons. From the phys.org article:

Hackers' arsenal was beefed up with a drone armed with weapons to crack into wireless computer networks at close range, whether they be in skyscrapers or walled compounds.

David Jordan of US-based Aerial Assault was at an infamous Def Con hacker gathering on Sunday, showing off a drone that could be dispatched on missions to land atop buildings or hover outside walls and probe for cracks in computer networks.

"There has never been this capability before," Jordan said as he showed the drone to AFP.

They conclude:

Hackers at Def Con early on turned to drones for sniffing out unprotected wireless Internet networks, but capabilities Jordan said were built into the Aerial Assault drone raised the ante with automated tools that could be flown past physical defenses.

So if you thought only camera drones could spy on you, you were clearly mistaken.

Side remark: When looking for further information, I noticed that every single article about this drone I've found uses the exactly same text. So much for journalism these days.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by garfiejas on Tuesday August 11 2015, @02:50PM

    by garfiejas (2072) on Tuesday August 11 2015, @02:50PM (#221277)

    See http://www.caa.govt.nz/rpas/ [caa.govt.nz] (Item 12. have the consent of the property owner or person in charge of the area you are wanting to fly above.)

    Seriously though, this and things like the flying "gun" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33613784) are going to get these things legislated or licensed, look at the panic from a few years ago about 3D printed things (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24669969)

    Could be a real opportunity for "anti-drone" tech; I'm thinking of autonomous hunter-killer drones patrolling a property/area, looking for "not mine/not friendly" objects. Lots of money to be made in an arms-race.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:03PM (#221282)

    Well, hopefully those hunter-killer drones would not only test for "not mine/not friendly" but also for "not living". Otherwise, you might get into deep trouble if the little son of your neighbour ever enters your garden.

    • (Score: 1) by garfiejas on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:20PM

      by garfiejas (2072) on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:20PM (#221290)

      Should have added not mine/not friendly (doesn't answer cryptographic hails) "drone", but it would bring a whole new concept to "getting off my lawn" :-)

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @03:18PM (#221289)

    Fly it over the street next to the building you want to hack.