Threat actors have been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy an open-source information stealer called Phemedrone Stealer. “Phemedrone targets web browsers and data from cryptocurrency wallets and messaging apps such as Telegram, Steam, and Discord,” Trend Micro researchers Peter Girnus, Aliakbar Zahravi, and Simon Zuckerbraun said. “It also takes screenshots […]
While analyzing vulnerabilities researchers were able to unlock Tesla Model X’s doors with a remote hack using a DJI Mavic 2 drone carrying a WIFI dongle. Wi-Fi-based hacking could be an issue of concern with automobiles we had never even thought about it. But two security researchers, Kunnamon, Inc.’s Ralf-Philipp Weinmann and Comsecuris GmbH’s Benedikt […]
If you’re a student and would like to purchase a drone on a limited budget, there is a wide variety of education UAVs you can choose from. Regardless of why you need the drone, whether for research purposes or for learning practical skills, there are sturdy and reliable drones that are quite affordable. Most of […]
A former employee of the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI was sentenced to prison for leaking the private keys of the company’s repositories at GitHub, as reported by specialists in cybersecurity. The company’s private keys were exposed to the public at the beginning of 2018, because of this, any user with access to the key, and […]
Google’s parent company Alphabet-owned Wing has introduced a delivery service via drone in Canberra, Australia after it got approved from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The air delivery service will be able to deliver products such as fresh food, hot coffee or over-the-counter chemist items to users in minutes. To get the products, users […]
It seems like social media giant Facebook hasn’t got over its drone obsession! After giving up its drone project back in June 2018, the company now appears to be in talks with Airbus for drone tests in Australia. According to a document (thanks to Australian Freedom of Information Act) acquired by Netzpolitik, Facebook, with the use of Airbus’s […]
Just like personal computers, smartphones and tablets, new smart devices such as the highly viral remote quadcopters (AKA drones) are powered by an operating system. As part of the territory, these systems need to be regularly updated, patched to close vulnerabilities as issues become known. That basically what happened with DJI drones, when they recently […]
Security bugs could expose details about drone owners Researchers at a cybersecurity and digital forensics firm identified a couple vulnerabilities in the website and apps of the popular drone manufacturer DJI. A vulnerability was revealed last Thursday, after the company managed to patch the security error. However, the time it took the company to fully […]
Researchers at security firm CheckPoint identified a vulnerability in the website and apps of the popular consumer drone manufacturer DJI. The vulnerability was revealed on Thursday after DJI managed to fix the flaw. Though, it took DJI around six months to fully address the security flaw. If exploited, the attacker could have gained free access […]
civilians all over the globe. Go to any beautiful beach destination and you will find people flying drones in a bid to take amazing aerial shots. The number of drones has increased exponentially over the years. It’s estimated that by the year 2020 there will be a whopping 7 million drones in the United States […]
You never know what you can expect to find in the dark web for sale Just a few hours ago, some documents were released about someone selling remote access linked to security systems at a major international airport for $10. As if that wasn’t enough security alerts, it was just known that a hacker […]
After a digital manual for an MQ-9A Reaper drone belonging to the U.S. military was recently copied online without authorization, it came up for sale on the darknet at just $200 asking price. Andrei Barysevich, a researcher for the threat intelligence firm RecordedFuture, has suggested the deed was done by a non-sophisticated hacker. “Sadly, very […]
We do know that stealing and selling private information of unsuspecting users is the favorite activity of cybercriminals. However, it is quite unlikely that someone manages to steal confidential military maintenance manuals and attempts to sell them on the Dark Web. That’s exactly what has happened. According to security firm Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, a […]
Similar to questionable stingray devices, DRT’s operations nicknamed “dirt boxes” mimic cellphone pillars, relating to every smartphone within a specific area. Because they combine with all smartphones, it’s nearly irritable to avoid collecting private data from people who aren’t suspects but just appear to be in the target area. Privacy advocates have continued derided cell-site […]
Security Expert Showed Way of ‘Weaponizing the BBC Micro Bit’ at DEF CON 2017 to take over drones. The Micro Bit (also referred to as BBC Micro Bit or Micro:bit) is an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. The very hyped Micro:bit computer board from BBC is […]
Jimmy Causey, a 46-year-old inmate, captured for kidnapping a lawyer, escaped from the South Carolina prison using some sophisticated technology setup that involved the use of drones and cell phones to coordinate the escape. Causey used more advanced methods than last time The authorities say that Causey escaped some years ago as well using some […]
There is no doubt that drones have become a big thing for those that have traditionally loved flying model aircraft. With many cool features including GPS and cameras, they are superior in many ways to model planes, mainly because they are more controllable and do not need a long runway to take off and land. […]
Short Bytes: A paper published by an Israeli team of researchers elaborates a new method of covertly leaking information from an air-gapped computer. Titled as LED-it-GO, the attack involves compromising the LED notification light on a computer’s HDD using malware to make it blink in as per the desired pattern. A camera fitted on a […]
An Israeli court has sentenced Majid Oweida, a 23-year old from Gaza City to 9 years in prison on charges of hacking into Israeli drones. According to the prosecutors, the Palestinian computer engineer was spying on Israel for a terror group. Oweida was detained in February 2016 while he was indicted on charges of having a […]
Short Bytes: Following the reports from the Kurdish media house Rudaw, ISIS is using weaponized commercial quadcopters to target the Iraqi Security Forces. The drones are, however, battery operated and small. They can be taken down by the forces using signal jammers. The terrorist organization which works by the name ISIS is weaponizing off-the-shelf commercial quadcopter drones […]
Not a jammer, device lets hackers fly drones and lock out original pilot.The advent of inexpensive consumer drones has generated a novel predicament for firefighters, law-enforcement officers, and ordinary citizens who encounter crafts they believe are interfering with their safety or privacy. In a series of increasingly common events—several of themchronicled by Ars—drones perceived as […]