#PARROT DRONE SERIAL NUMBER#

Killing flight processes didn't just make the Bebop drop to the ground, however-in an indoor test, Robinson said the drone suddenly lurched off like a projectile as it ungracefully shut down, slamming into a kitchen appliance. (Some Parrot drone owners have used the feature to upgrade the Wi-Fi security of their drones to WPA-2 instead of the default open access). Like Satterfield, Robinson found that there was an open telnet port on the Bebop-and that this was a widely-known 'feature' of the drone mentioned in forums by individuals who had used the vulnerability to hack the drone's performance and add new features to the small unmanned aircraft.

#PARROT DRONE SERIAL NUMBER#

Robinson warned anyone who planned to take over someone else's Parrot drone that the mobile app left forensic artifacts on mobile devices-including the serial number of the drone. The new pilot could then simply fly the drone wherever he desired. Using a Wi-Fi 'de-auth' attack, he was able to disconnect the control app on the operator's device and take control with the app from another while the operator of the original controlling device attempted to re-establish a Wi-Fi connection.

In a session at DEF CON on August 9, researcher Michael Robinson, a security analyst and adjunct professor at Stevenson University in Maryland and George Mason University in Northern Virginia, dove further into the vulnerabilities of Parrot's drones, discussing his research on the Bebop drone in a session entitled, 'Knocking My Neighbor's Kid's Cruddy Drone Offline.' Robinson noted that because of the Parrot's open Wi-Fi connection, it would allow anyone with the free Parrot app on a mobile device to pair with the drone in-flight.

Ryan Satterfield reproduces the Parrot A.R.Drone 2.0 hack he demonstrated at DEF CON.