Recently, a safety researcher has found a backdoor inwards the Parrot AR Drones manufactured yesteryear a French-based company, that could allow a malicious hacker to remotely hijacked the radio controlled flight quadcopter helicopter.
The Parrot AR Drone, revealed at the International CES 2010 inwards Las Vegas, is a quadricopter helicopter which you lot tin command amongst your smartphone or tablet. It features 2 built-in cameras, is tardily to fly, together with tin last controlled without likewise much danger of it flipping over or keen into things.
FIRST EVER MALWARE FOR DRONES
Security researcher, Rahul Sasi claimed to lead maintain developed the origin e'er backdoor malware for AR drone ARM Linux system, dubbed Maldrone [MALware DRONE].
Maldrone tin last used to remotely hijack drones, every bit shown inwards a video demonstration below published yesteryear the hacker.
"In this nosotros would demo infecting a drone amongst Maldrone together with expecting a opposite tcp connectedness from drone. Once connectedness is established nosotros tin interact amongst the software every bit good every bit drivers/sensors of drone directly. There is an existing AR drone piloting program. Our backdoors kills the autopilot together with takes control. The Backdoor is persistent across resets," video explained.
According to the researcher, Maldrone tin interact amongst the drone’s device drivers together with sensors silently together with allow the hacker to command the drone remotely. As a result, Maldrone could last used to bear remote surveillance.
Rahul said the Maldrone could also last used to assault other drone makers every bit well. However, the backdoor could last exploited inside a wireless range.
DRONE CRASHES ON WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS
Drones has highlighted the growing safety threat posed yesteryear modest Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Just recently, a 2-foot quadcopter drone crashed onto the White House grounds inwards the early on hours of Mon morning, when the president together with origin lady Michelle Obama were inwards India.
H5N1 authorities employee told the Secret Service that he lost command of the quadcopter drone earlier it crashed on the grounds of the White House. However, no 1 at the White House were inwards danger.
