A French company Parrot has been relatively successful company which markets AR Drones.
Now a Indian security researcher Rahul Sasi has discovered a backdoor in the AR Drones.
This backdoor has been exploited by him to create a malware called Maldrone.
In this we would show infecting a drone with Maldrone and expecting a reverse tcp connection from drone.
Once connection is established we can interact with the software as well as drivers/sensors of drone directly.
There is an existing AR drone piloting program.
Our backdoors kills the autopilot and takes control.
The Backdoor is persistent across resets.
Most of these drones are capable of making autonomous decisions.
Countries buy drones from their neighbors.
What are the possibilities that there could be a backdoor in the drone you brought?
What are the possible ways you could backdoor a drone?
What would be the impact if security issues are found in computer devices that make decisions of their own?
Remember drones are not only great hobby or past time anymore, they are flying weapons in wrong hands.
source: www.techworm.net
