Surveillance Program
F-BOMB $50 surveillance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi (Engadget)
What happens when you take a PogoPlug, add 8GB of flash storage, some radios
(WiFi, GPS) and perhaps a few sensors, then stuff everything in a 3D-printed
box? You get the F-BOMB (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes
Backdoors), a battery-powered surveillance computer that costs less than $50
to put together using off-the-shelf parts. The 4 x 3.5 x 1-inch device,
created by security researcher Brendan O’Connor and funded by DARPA’s Cyber
Fast Track program, is cheap enough for single-use scenarios where costly
traditional hardware is impractical. It can be dropped from an AR Drone,
tossed over a fence, plugged into a wall socket or even hidden inside a CO
detector. Once in place, the homebrew Linux-based system can be used to gather
data and hop onto wireless networks using WiFi-cracking software. Sneaky.
Paranoid yet? Click on the source link below for more info.
F-BOMB $50 surveillance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi
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