Sunday, June 21st, 2015
In this presentation from the recent BSides Cleveland conference, Devin Gergen explains the basics of UAVs including their history, capabilities and potential. This video is available due to the tireless efforts of Irongeek.Tags: drones, PwnDrone, uav
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Sunday, December 8th, 2013
SamyKamkar developed this seriously cool project to wrest control of civilian drones away from their owners. SkyJack is a drone engineered to autonomously seek out, hack, and wirelessly take full control over any other drones within wireless or flying distance, creating an army of zombie drones under your control. Using...Tags: drones, remote control, SkyJack
Posted in hacks, Linux, open source, RF | 8 Comments »
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
If you need any more confirmation that drones are destined to become a part of everyday civilian life, here it is. NASA has announced the selection of Dayton, Ohio based Development Projects Inc. to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft systems in 2014. The purpose of...Tags: ADS-B, competition, drones, NASA, UAS AOC
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
In this video from the recent Notacon 9 conference, EFF activists Trevor Timm and Parker Higgins present on the widespread and increasing use of drones by government. Aspects of recent drone hacks are highlighted, security flaws noted, as well as the growing popularity of DIY civilian drones. For more information...Tags: drones, Notacon, uav
Posted in conferences, robotics, security, talks | 1 Comment »
