‘Icarus’ machine can commandeer a drone mid-flight

Security researcher Jonathan Andersson has shown its possible to hijack drones that rely on the DSMx signal protocol. Unlike conventional jammers, which simply strip control from the user, this technique gives the attacker full flight capabilities. In an email to Ars Technica, Andersson explained that his new Icarus system is effective because it observes the underlying protocol and then brute forces the secret shared between the drone and controller. In addition, the setup relie…
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