Another threat for your Wi-Fi network has been produced by researches at Stevens Institute of Technology, but instead than using traditional techniques this time around they've used an AR.Drone along with a wireless-network-hunting computer.
Researchers�have combined a handheld remote control toy AR.Drone which we now have featured many occasions here on�Geeky�Gadgets. As well as a�computer set up to fight Wi-Fi systems.�The new prototype appropriately named SkyNet has the capacity to fly near a Wi-Fi connections and hack it ready to be used like a botnet.
The SkyNET drone utilizes a $300�Parrot AR.Drone quadrocopter modified having a lightweight Linux computer, 3rd generation special broadband connection, Gps navigation receiver, and two Wi-Fi cards.�One for manipulating the drone and something for attacking the helpless wireless network. All could be bought for approximately $600
Sven Dietrich, an assistant professor at�Stevens Institute of Technology describes:
You are able to bring the specific attack towards the location, [Our] drone can land near to the target and wallow in it and when it's photo voltaic energy, it may recharge and still attack all of the systems around it. �- People begin to see the threat from the Internet. What they're failing to remember is the fact that behind their back, there's that wireless network that might not be correctly protected.
So keep the eyes pealed for UFO around your Wi-Fi network.
Source:�Technology�Review
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