At present, the boom in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been increasing in recent years, placi... more At present, the boom in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been increasing in recent years, placing them in an important way in the commercial market. The use of UAV in the daily tasks of industry, commerce or as entertainment for children and adults becomes more recurrent. Each of the UAVs has a specific task, depending on the technologies that are provided, in addition to their basic functions with which they were manufactured. However, in most cases the security of these UAVs is not usually taken into account since some of them are inexpensive and do not have a robust security system that protects the data they send or receive for their operation, that can cause its communication system or the operating system that controls its basic functions of flight, landing, among others, to be compromised. These computer attacks could cause physical or moral harm to people around the same operator of the UAV because they could steal information related to the locations they have visited, or intercept images or videos taken by the UAV. This paper shows the exploitation of GPS vulnerability in the commercial drone of the company 3D Robotics, this vulnerability can cause a malicious user to have control of their autonomy, and carry out illicit activities, such as overflying in spaces not allowed as an airport and private areas. The exploitation of this vulnerability is important to make known that the UAVs should have a more robust security system and also give importance to the security of GPS since the only one that has security is the military GPS. INDEX TERMS UAV, GPS, GPS spoofing, hijack, Maldrone, vulnerabilities. ANA LUCILA SANDOVAL OROZCO was born in Chivolo, Magdalena, Colombia, in 1976. She received the degree in computer science engineering from the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Colombia, in 2001, the Specialization Course in computer networks from the Universidad del Norte, Colombia, in 2006, and the M.Sc. degree in research in computer science and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, in 2009 and 2014, respectively, where she is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher. Her main research interests include coding theory, information security, and its applications. LUIS JAVIER GARCÍA VILLALBA received the degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad de Málaga, Spain, in 1993, and the M.Sc. degree in computer networks and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the
At present, the boom in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been increasing in recent years, placi... more At present, the boom in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been increasing in recent years, placing them in an important way in the commercial market. The use of UAV in the daily tasks of industry, commerce or as entertainment for children and adults becomes more recurrent. Each of the UAVs has a specific task, depending on the technologies that are provided, in addition to their basic functions with which they were manufactured. However, in most cases the security of these UAVs is not usually taken into account since some of them are inexpensive and do not have a robust security system that protects the data they send or receive for their operation, that can cause its communication system or the operating system that controls its basic functions of flight, landing, among others, to be compromised. These computer attacks could cause physical or moral harm to people around the same operator of the UAV because they could steal information related to the locations they have visited, or intercept images or videos taken by the UAV. This paper shows the exploitation of GPS vulnerability in the commercial drone of the company 3D Robotics, this vulnerability can cause a malicious user to have control of their autonomy, and carry out illicit activities, such as overflying in spaces not allowed as an airport and private areas. The exploitation of this vulnerability is important to make known that the UAVs should have a more robust security system and also give importance to the security of GPS since the only one that has security is the military GPS. INDEX TERMS UAV, GPS, GPS spoofing, hijack, Maldrone, vulnerabilities. ANA LUCILA SANDOVAL OROZCO was born in Chivolo, Magdalena, Colombia, in 1976. She received the degree in computer science engineering from the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Colombia, in 2001, the Specialization Course in computer networks from the Universidad del Norte, Colombia, in 2006, and the M.Sc. degree in research in computer science and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, in 2009 and 2014, respectively, where she is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher. Her main research interests include coding theory, information security, and its applications. LUIS JAVIER GARCÍA VILLALBA received the degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad de Málaga, Spain, in 1993, and the M.Sc. degree in computer networks and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the
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