The webinar covers:
• The possible impact of drones in technology on information security and privacy
• Changing threat for information security
• The ubiquity of high resolution cameras on Drones, impacts on personal and business privacy
Presenter:
This webinar was presented by Ralph Moonen, Managing Partner of ITSX, an information security company based in Hague, Netherlands. Ralph is White hat hacker, tinkerer, and cryptographer. He also teaches internet security at the post graduate IT- audit course at the TIAS University in Tilburg.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ps7aKHwdkA4
3. Agenda
• What are we talking about, really?
• Possible impact of drone technology on privacy and
information security
• Changing Threats
• High-resolution camera’s and what they can/cannot do
4. What are we talking about
Not military drones…..
Civilian drones (really we should be calling them Remotely
Piloted Aircraft Systems, or RPAS….):
• Quad/Hexa/Octocopters
• Fixed Wing
• Land vehicle
• Boat/Ship
5. What are we talking about
Uses:
• Aerial photography
• Reconnaissance/Observation/
• Building/Land inspection or survey
• Delivery system
Emergency services, Police, Fire Brigade also have many uses.
6.
7. What are we talking about
Let’s focus on these types for a moment:
8. Capabilities
• Weight: max. 4 kg
• Usually operates on 2.4GHz for RC
• Flight time: 30 minutes
• Load: max 1.5 - 2 kg
• Range: depends.....
• Features: GPS, waypoint flight, Return-to-land, circle, live
video feed
9. Quick overview of technology
• Battery
• Motors
• Receiver
• Flight Controller ->
• Camera
• Video transmitter
12. Impact on information security
Drones are a simple way of getting physically close to a target,
for instance in order to:
• Take high-res pictures
• Intercept/inject mobile communications (WiFi)
• Stingray device (2G comms interception)
• Mobile hacking platform
• Anything else you can think of.....
14. Impact on information security
Spy drone will happen:
• Fly out drone to target office building
• Land on roof
• Sniff all wireless comms and stream back live
• When done, fly back.
Hard to detect a drone.....
• Thermal image not much different than a bird
• Quite quiet....
• Easy to hide contoller data
• So has to be visual/camera based
22. Camera tech
• 4K sounds cool but it’s all in the lense
• Standard drone cam not suited for spying purposes
• http://petapixel.com/2015/08/21/are-drones-better-than-zoom-
lenses-for-spying-the-answer-may-creep-you-out/
• Answer: standard photography lenses much much better
28. But what is it really?
• Not much different from surveillance camera’s
• Camera with telephoto lense vastly superior to drone
• Perceived privacy threat also due to:
– Kids toy: in private hands vs. state controlled
– Detachment: easier to spy with remote operated drone than to be
there yourself
• No laws for drones cover privacy yet
29. Conclusion
Mass consumer adoption will lead to increase of privacy
concerns.
Some concerns are certainly legitimate.
But consumer drone camera tech is not meant for spying.
Custom drones could make very effective spying possible, both
visual and for wireless communications.
Legislation way behind.....