TechHive: Hacker-built 'SkyJack' hunts and hijacks other drones

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Hacker-built 'SkyJack' hunts and hijacks other drones Dec 4th 2013, 16:35, by Lucian Constantin, IDG News Service A security researcher has released software and technical instructions for modifying a drone so that it can identify and hijack other drones. Security researcher Samy Kamkar created the hacker drone, which uses the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 radio-controlled quadcopter—a popular unmanned helicopter with four rotors. Made by French wireless products manufacturer Parrot, the AR.Drone 2.0 has a built-in Wi-Fi wireless controller that's used to control the drone remotely from iOS or Android mobile devices. Kamkar's drone carries a Raspberry Pi embedded computer running Linux and has two USB wireless adapters connected to it, an Alfa AWUS036H Wi-Fi network card with an external antenna and an Edimax EW-7811Un nano Wi-Fi adaptor. A lightweight 1000mAh USB battery is also part of the payload and powers the Raspberry Pi. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: id-2069060-lifestyle_ardron2_nevada_hd_2-100155066-small.jpg

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