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DIY Drone Plane: Hack Wifi, Phone calls
Every year, at BlackHat, DefCon conference, several new hacks, cracks and vulnerabilities are exposed for the popularly used technology, blowing away the users and geeks alike.
Two security researchers, Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins, have unleashed a complete DIY methodology to Launch your personal, specially equipped WASP (Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform) drone that to flys overhead and sniff Wi-Fi network, intercept cellphone calls, or launch denial-of-service attacks with jamming signals.
This drone plane runs on Arduino and would cost you $6,000. This drone is based on FMQ-117B U.S. Army target drone and equipped it with Wi-Fi and hacking tools IMSI catcher and antenna to spoof a GSM cell tower and hack calls. Whats more? It can launch a dictionary attack on the network using its database of 340million words.
GSM Hack to break into voice calls has been floating around for a while, and thats what inspires these security researchers. The device onboard tricks phones to disable encryption, and records call details and content before theyre routed to their intended receiver through VoIP or redirected to anywhere else the hacker wants to send them.
Drone plane weighs 5Kgs and is 2.5m long and is quiet enough to spy on anyone, without trouble. You know, its US military drone, designed to be quiet. It can be automated to travel through programmed GPS coordinates and Google Earth, whole thing is self-driven apart from take off and landings which need to be controlled.
While such a drone may violate a few flying laws, it doesnt break any FCC regulations as it uses the HAM radio frequency band or a 3G connection for communication. As to the reason for building it, creators Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins just wanted to prove there is a vulnerability that can easily be taken advantage of with a UAV such as this. It can easily cover 10,000 sq. ft of area using its inboard basestation.
Every year, at BlackHat, DefCon conference, several new hacks, cracks and vulnerabilities are exposed for the popularly used technology, blowing away the users and geeks alike.
Two security researchers, Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins, have unleashed a complete DIY methodology to Launch your personal, specially equipped WASP (Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform) drone that to flys overhead and sniff Wi-Fi network, intercept cellphone calls, or launch denial-of-service attacks with jamming signals.
This drone plane runs on Arduino and would cost you $6,000. This drone is based on FMQ-117B U.S. Army target drone and equipped it with Wi-Fi and hacking tools IMSI catcher and antenna to spoof a GSM cell tower and hack calls. Whats more? It can launch a dictionary attack on the network using its database of 340million words.
GSM Hack to break into voice calls has been floating around for a while, and thats what inspires these security researchers. The device onboard tricks phones to disable encryption, and records call details and content before theyre routed to their intended receiver through VoIP or redirected to anywhere else the hacker wants to send them.
Drone plane weighs 5Kgs and is 2.5m long and is quiet enough to spy on anyone, without trouble. You know, its US military drone, designed to be quiet. It can be automated to travel through programmed GPS coordinates and Google Earth, whole thing is self-driven apart from take off and landings which need to be controlled.
While such a drone may violate a few flying laws, it doesnt break any FCC regulations as it uses the HAM radio frequency band or a 3G connection for communication. As to the reason for building it, creators Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins just wanted to prove there is a vulnerability that can easily be taken advantage of with a UAV such as this. It can easily cover 10,000 sq. ft of area using its inboard basestation.
