Drone Wars: Experts Warn of Flying Network Security Threat

Drones could become a major network security threat from 2020, forcing organization to guard the airspace around their buildings, security researchers have warned. Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will increasingly evolve from novelty items to “ubiquitous business tools” over the coming years, explained defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton in a new 2020 Cyber Threat Trends Outlook report.However, as they do, cyber-criminals may also look to take advantage by flying them close to target networks and/or landing them in concealed locations such as on roofs. In this way, a UAV could be fitted with a Wi-Fi Pineapple and used as a rogue access point to harvest credentials, perform man-in-the-middle attacks against employees and carry out network reconnaissance, the report warned.