A drone and a keyboard -- it doesn't take much more. Hacking is in the news a lot these days, but it seemingly hasn’t occurred to most drone owners just how susceptible their flying machines are. I ...
In 2008 U.S. troops in Iraq discovered that Shi'ite insurgents had figured out how to tap and record video feeds from overhead American drones. Now you too can hack Washington's globe-spanning fleet ...
It’s no surprise that drones are being used as tools of war. They’re designed to go places too dangerous or risky for humans. They drop bombs; they surveil secure locations. But perhaps it’s more ...
Drones have become a major category in tech over the past couple of decades, and there are more of them in the sky than ever before. From advanced, unmanned military aircraft to the smaller, ...
Cybersecurity for hobbyists’ drones is a total afterthought, and a result they are easily hackable, security researchers tell FedScoop. Earlier this month, a team of Johns Hopkins University graduate ...
Sales of drones—small flying machines equipped with cameras—are soaring, but new research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these ...