Hacker Hijacks a Police Drone from 2 Km Away with $40 Kit

A researcher has demonstrated how easy it is to steal high-end drones, commonly deployed by government agencies and police forces, from 2 kilometres away with the help of less than $40 worth of hardware.



The attack was developed by IBM security researcher Nils Rodday, who recently presented his findings at Black Hat Asia 2016.



Hacking the $28,463 Drone with Less than $40 of Hardware

NASA HACKED! AnonSec tried to Crash $222 Million Drone into Pacific Ocean

Once again the Red Alarm had been long wailed in the Security Desk of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).



Yes! This time, a serious hacktivism had been triggered by the Hacking group named "AnonSec" who made their presence in the cyber universe by previous NASA Hacks.



The AnonSec Members had allegedly released 276 GB of sensitive data which includes 631 video feeds

Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Rogue Drones

You may have seen number of viral entertainment videos on the Internet, titled:



Hawk attacks Drone!

Angry Bird takes down Quadcopter,

and the best one…



Eagle attack: Drone Kidnapped by two Eagles,



...showing eagles, not-so-natural predators, attacking and bringing down drones when someone with a camera tries to invade their private airspace.



Inspired from this:

How Spy Agencies Hacked into Israeli Military Drones to Collect Live Video Feeds

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In a joint surveillance program, the US intelligence agency NSA (National Security Agency) and the British intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) hacked into, decrypted, and tracked live video feeds of Israeli Military Drones and Fighter Jets.



This could be one of the most shocking and embarrassing

First Ever Anti-Drone Weapon that Shoots Down UAVs with Radio Waves

While the US military continues to build more advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as Drones, the US company Battelle has developed a shoulder-mounted rifle to deal with unwanted drones flying around.



Dubbed DroneDefender, the revolutionary weapon specifically designed to target and knock drones out of the sky at a range of just 400 meters, without totally destroying

How A Drone Can Infiltrate Your Network by Hovering Outside the Building

Imagine you are sitting in your office and working on something confidential. Once you are done, you send a command to print that document.

But, What if... 

...the whole confidential document send to a hacker attacking from the air?



Sounds pity but may be your Boss fires you immediately if that confidential data is leaked or misused.



This is no more an imagination now, as a group of

Design Flaws Make Drones Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

In the past, The Hacker News (THN) reported about various activities surrounding Drones. Whether it was the development of the first backdoor for drones (MalDrone), or Weaponized drones getting legal, or Drones hacking smartphones.



And now the reports depict...



Security Researcher has showcased a method that can be used to hack and hijack Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), more commonly

THN Weekly Roundup — Top 14 Must-Read Cyber Security Stories

We found a high concern for cybersecurity tactics and an increased awareness of the challenges that it brings.



This week, we shared lots of stories with our readers, and to help them in identifying the biggest malware threats to their online safety.



We are here with the outline of our last week stories, just in case you missed any of them (ICYMI).



We recommend you read the entire

Two Arrested For Dropping Drugs And Porn Into Prison Using A Drone

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as Drones, is rapidly transforming the way crimes are conducted, and this story helps prove this right.



Maryland State Police arrested two men – Thaddeus Shortz and Keith Brian Russell – suspected of allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and porn into a state prison using a drone, according to law enforcement authorities.



The men,

How Drones Can Find and Hack Internet-of-Things Devices From the Sky

Security researchers have developed a Flying Drone with a custom-made tracking tool capable of sniffing out data from the devices connected to the Internet – better known as the Internet-of-things.



Under its Internet of Things Map Project, a team of security researchers at the Texas-based firm Praetorian wanted to create a searchable database that will be the Shodan search engine for SCADA