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Subject: [ISN] New hacking scenario emerges: Wi-Fi signal-sniffing drones
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2014-08-20 11:50:56
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1408201150410.30783 () infosecnews ! org
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http://defensesystems.com/articles/2014/08/15/drones-can-hack-wifi-networks.aspx
By George Leopold
Defense Systems
Aug 15, 2014
The next major network security threat could come from the sky, in the
form of drones equipped with video cameras and the ability to sniff out
mobile devices and their unique identifiers, perhaps even establishing
rogue network access points in the sky that could be used to hack
sensitive government or corporate networks.
That's the potential threat, according to security specialists and at
least one network security company offering detection equipment to address
the new threat from the sky posed by network-hacking drones.
The inherent openness of Wi-Fi and other wireless networks, along with the
proliferation of mobiles devices constantly seeking network connections,
provide a tempting target for signal-sniffing drones. Experts stressed
that the security perimeter of an office building will now have to include
the airspace around the structure, because that airspace can be easily
surveyed by drones at standoff distances capable of relaying video about,
say, an agency's wireless infrastructure.
In another scenario, security analyst Glenn Wilkinson described how he
rigged a "distributed, tracking, profiling and data-interception
framework" called "Snoopy" to a quadcopter drone.
[...]
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