Police drones may be vulnerable....

Police drones may be vulnerable....

The King delivery, security, and other areas are being considered for use in plenty, but law enforcement and rescue workers are already using drone technology.

However, Nils Rodday a hack that anyone up to 2 kilometers away from those expensive professional-grade drones could allow one to steal performance. 

Roddy, who works as a security specialist at IBM, it can be accomplished with a little knowledge of hardware worth $ 40, says.

Rodday Black Hat security conference in Asia told about the attack.

 The problem, many high-end drones XBee RF chips is to use the controller to connect to.

The use of drones in use by the seller refuses to be mentioned for obvious reasons, but many drones and use the same hardware can cost almost $ 30,000.

Many drone manufacturers because of the performance overhead XBee chips have failed to take advantage of the encryption features. Additional resources and reduce battery life cycle can increase response time, both of which are undesirable in particular for drones.

This is what, Rodday gave his opening though. Drone that can interface with the control interface by checking the code in an Android app, Rodday commands that normally intended to be sent by the controller was able to copy.

 If the connection is encrypted, the drone would reject orders. In this scenario, the operator is not completely off the drones, but the attacker can issue commands that delete or aircraft accident. From your computer to the drone of the engine performed by firing.

According to Rodday, an attacker can intercept and block 2 kilometers of operator commands, insert the new commands. The man is only the beginning-middle attack, though. XBee chips significantly more vulnerable when you are within 100 meters.

 That ad hoc Wi-Fi network is encrypted when the drone, but it uses WEP. Yes, the same WEP was broken and rendered useless to the year before. Taking on this connection will pinpoint, an attacker Cutting operator controller and allows you to connect your own. At that point, the drone can be stolen and flown away.

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