Hacking from the sky
RobertKaucher
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Flying Drone Can Crack Wi-Fi Networks, Snoop On Cell Phones - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes
I have not seen any of this in the Off-Topic forum so I thought I'd share.
I hear they will be doing some of this at BlackHat.
I have not seen any of this in the Off-Topic forum so I thought I'd share.
I hear they will be doing some of this at BlackHat.
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WafflesAndRootbeer
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exampasser wrote: »I want one
I'm sure the Chinese do too. Lots of them. Then it will be like Half-Life 2, with aerial drones buzzing around snooping on everyone.
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RobertKaucher
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WafflesAndRootbeer wrote: »I'm sure the Chinese do too. Lots of them. Then it will be like Half-Life 2, with aerial drones buzzing around snooping on everyone.
I imagine they already have them. -
phoeneous
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“We want to make sure we’re not stepping on any cell providers’ toes,” says Tassey.
Then how do they know it can spoof cell towers? I doubt telephony engineers were that negligent to not enforce some type of authenticative two way security between caller and provider, otherwise why not just build a WLSP and hack from the ground?? -
the_Grinch
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I believe it's the phones that are the weak link in the security chain....WIP:
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phoeneous
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the_Grinch wrote: »I believe it's the phones that are the weak link in the security chain....
Not according to the article.On top of cracking wifi networks, the upgraded WASP now also performs a new trick: impersonating the GSM cell phone towers used by AT&T and T-Mobile to trick phones into connecting to the plane’s antenna rather than their carrier, allowing the drone to record conversations and text messages on a32 gigabytes of storage.
