There’s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/drone-hijacker-gives-hackers-complete-control-of-aircraft-in-midflight/

Hackers have figured out how to hijack drones using weakness in popular remore control protocol.

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    You Kids Get Those Drones out of my Airspace!
    http://hackaday.com/2016/10/27/you-kids-get-those-drones-out-of-my-airspace/

    The PacTec Security Conference in Tokyo had something interesting show up. A countermeasure against drones that allows you to take control of any craft using the popular DSMx protocol. According to Ars Technica, DSMx transmitters and receivers exchange a key to prevent interference between adjacent systems. The key isn’t protected very well so by observing traffic and applying a little brute force, you can recover the key (which is set when the transmitter binds to the aircraft).

    There’s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns
    Not a jammer, device lets hackers fly drones and lock out original pilot.
    http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/drone-hijacker-gives-hackers-complete-control-of-aircraft-in-midflight/

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