SkyNET: A 3G-enabled mobile attack drone and stealth botmaster

5th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies, WOOT 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reed, Theodore ^a   Geis, Joseph ^a   Dietrich, Sven ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTNET; DRONES; FACINGS; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SCOUR; WI-FI;

ATTACK DRONES; BOTMASTER; COMMAND AND CONTROL; URBAN AREAS; WI FI NETWORKS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 85084164512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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