Hacking Goes Aerial: Here's A Drone to Action Cyber Attacks

Release Date 5 Aug, 2011 in International Business Times

 
   

Drone Plane Converted to Airborne Hacking Platform at Black Hat

PC Magazine - Damon Poeter - 5 Aug, 2011
Digital death rains from above! A pair of security researchers has turned a surplus US Army drone plane into an airborne hacking platform that infiltrates Wi-Fi networks, intercepts cellphone calls, and even launches denial-of-service ...

DIY Spy Drone Sniffs Wi-Fi, Intercepts Phone Calls

Wired News - Kim Zetter - 5 Aug, 2011
LAS VEGAS â€" What do you do when the target you're spying on slips behind his home-security gates and beyond your reach? Launch your personal, specially equipped WASP drone â€" short for Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform â€" to fly ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a cyber attack?

CNNMoney - David Goldman - 5 Aug, 2011
Security professionals Richard Perkins (right) and Mike Tassey built a tiny cyber plane that packs a big punch. LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- With a few thousand bucks, a tool box and some technical ...

Spy Plane Capable Of DOS Attacks And Intercepting Cellphones

RedOrbit - 5 Aug, 2011
The $6000 remote-controlled spy plane features an IMSI catcher and antenna to spoof a GSM cell tower and intercept calls. It also has a network-sniffing tool and a dictionary of 340 million words for network passwords. Security researchers Mike Tassey ...

Security Researchers at Black Hat conference show off aerial drone that can ...

SlashGear - 5 Aug, 2011
Each year a bunch of hackers and security researchers descend on the Black Hat conference to show off the things they create for hacking. Some of the tech is used for good and a lot of the tech can be used for bad as well. The WASP drone is one of the ...

Hacking Goes Aerial: Here's A Drone to Action Cyber Attacks

International Business Times - Carl Bagh - 5 Aug, 2011
Digital mischief goes aerial as researchers configure a US military drone plane to act as a hacking platform to breach firewalls erected by corporates and countries alike. Researchers Mike Tassey and Richard ...

Wardriving Evolves Into Warflying

Dark Reading - Ericka Chickowski - 5 Aug, 2011
BLACK HAT USA 2011 -- Las Vegas -- Yesterday at Black Hat, two security researchers demonstrated how a radio-controlled model airplane outfitted with a computer and 4G connectivity could be used to create a ...

Researchers show off homemade spy drone at Black Hat

Computerworld New Zealand - Jaikumar Vijayan - 5 Aug, 2011
A pair of security researchers Wednesday unveiled a remote controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle capable of cracking Wi-Fi passwords, exploiting weak wireless access points and mimicking a GSM tower to intercept cell phone conversations. ...

A Bird! A Plane! It's A Cyber Attack?

WBAL Baltimore - David Goldman - 5 Aug, 2011
LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- With a few thousand bucks, a tool box and some technical skill, you could bring about the cyber apocalypse. Two security professionals proved as much at the Black Hat cybersecurity convention in Las Vegas on ...

Researchers show off homemade spy drone at Black Hat

Network World - Jaikumar Vijayan - 5 Aug, 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Two security researchers Wednesday unveiled a remote controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is capable of cracking Wi-Fi passwords, exploiting weak wireless access points and mimicking a GSM tower ...

 

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