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Hacking a Wi-Fi based drone
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, often called drones or abbreviated as UAVs, have been popularised and used by civilians for recreational use since the early 2000s. A majority of the entry- level commercial drones on the market are based on a WiFi connection with a controller, usually a smart phone. This makes them vulnerable to various WiFi attacks, which are evaluated and tested in this thesis, specifically on the Ryze Tello drone. Several threats were identified through threat modelling, in which a set of them was selected for penetration testing. This is done in order to answer the research question: How vulnerable is the Ryze Tello drone against WiFi based attacks? The answer to the research question is that the Ryze Tello drone is relatively safe, with the exception of it not having a default password for the network. A password was set for the network, however it was still exploited through a dictionary attack. This enabled attacks such as injecting flight instructions as well as the ability to gain access to the video feed of the drone while simultaneously controlling it through commands in terminal. 

Abstract [sv]

Drönare, eller UAV från engelskans Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, har ökat i popularitet bland privatpersoner sedan tidigt 2000tal. En majoritet av drönare för nybörjare är baserade på WiFi och styrs med en kontroll som vanligtvis är en smart phone. Detta innebär att dessa drönare kan vara sårbara för olika typer av attacker på nätverket, vilket utvärderas och testas i denna rapport på drönaren Ryze Tello. Flera hot identifierades med hotmodellering och ett flertal valdes ut för penetrationtest. Detta genomförs med syftet att svara på forskningsfrågan: Hur sårbar är Ryze Tello mot WiFi baserade attacker? Svaret på forskningsfrågan är att drönaren Ryze Tello är relativt säker, med undantaget att den inte har ett standardlösenord. Ett lösenord sattes på nätverket, men lösenordet knäcktes ändå med en ordboksattack. Detta möjliggjorde attacker så som instruktionsinjicering och förmågan att se videoströmmen från drönaren samtidigt som den kan kontrolleras via kommandon i terminalen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 40
Series
TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2021:269
Keywords [en]
unmanned aerial vehicles; ethical hacking; threat modelling; penetration testing; ryze tello
Keywords [sv]
drönare; etisk hackning; hotmodellering; penetrationstest; ryze tello
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-299887OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-299887DiVA, id: diva2:1586253
Subject / course
Information Technology
Educational program
Master of Science in Engineering - Information and Communication Technology
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Available from: 2021-08-20 Created: 2021-08-19 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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