Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2016
Federal security officials fear that attacks on fiber optic systems in the Bay Area may pose a threat to Super Bowl 50 A security memo issued by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security is warning of the dangers of a high-tech attack against crowds at the next Super Bowl 50. The event will be held in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2016
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Russian Army received over 1,500 modern UAVs in the last four years. Almost every government is increasing the adoption of drones within its military. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) represent a privileged option for military surveillance, reconnaissance and attack, these vehicles could be used also to improve the physical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2016
The Prox Dynamicsâ PD-100 Black Hornet 2 is a tiny drone having the dimension of a flying insect and a lot of advanced features. Drones are privileged instruments of surveillance, we read about vehicles equipped with IR cameras or devices to spy on mobile devices. These vehicles are used by armies, intelligence and law enforcement agencies during their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2015
My participation at the World Insight on CCTV discussing the Federal Aviation Administration regulation for the commercial  drones. Q1 First of all, the Federal Aviation Administration gave a very compressed timeline. Theyâre asking a expert panel task force to make registration guideline recommendations by November 20 and these recommendations implemented by mid-December, so that 1 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2015
The DARPA research agency is launching a new Program subbed ICARUS for the development of a new generation of Disappearing drones. I always follow DARPA because its innovative project, the last one that caught my attention is a new project on a new generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. The program is codenamed ICARUS (Inbound, Controlled, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2015
DroneDefender is a weapon specifically designed to target drones at a range of just 400 meters with radio waves forcing them to safe mode. While the number of drones in the sky is increasing exponentially, the US company Battelle has developed a shoulder-mounted rifle to could be used to target and knock unwanted drones flying […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2015
The Israeli company ARTSYS 360 is developing a small 3D electronic radar that will be able to monitor drones in small areas. Recently I wrote a post on an Aerial Assault Drone recently presented at the Black Hat conference, the vehicle was equipped with hacking tools to compromise wi-fi target networks. The use of drones is increasing and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2015
A new hacking machine is available in the arsenal of hackers it is an Aerial Assault drone that is able to automatically crack into wireless networks. David Jordan of US-based Aerial Assault presented was the Def Con conference an assault drone equipped with hacking tools. The vehicle could be used in hacking missions, for example by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2015
A group of researchers launched an aerial security scanning project relying on ZigBee-sniffing drone to map online Internet of Things. Drones are powerful machines and security experts are imagining day by day new usage scenarios. A group of security experts (Paul West Jauregui, Richard McPherson, Dallas Kaman, and Nishil Shaw, partnered with Chris Eyhorn) are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
The Singapore-based company AdNear is using a fleet of commercial drones to determine users’ location and deliver hyper-targeted ads. Drones that spy on unaware people, a nightmare come true, apparently nothing new considering that it is a common practice of law enforcement and Intelligence agency. The bad news is that also a few advertising companies are also […]
