The fly-by, Wi-Fi hacking machine

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25 points·Libertatea··8 comments

I find it interesting they go over what's considered "insecure" yet completely left out whether any of these networks were WPS enabled, which is crucial when considering the security of a wireless network. Not even the pie-graph shows it.

I totally agree, WPS is devastating, but he can't use his motorcycle to attack those effectively. He'd have to stay in one place for a while to do a Reaver-style attack. Apparently he can collect enough data for offline cracking even at typical motorcycle speeds?

Beside brute-forcing the PIN with reaver, one can test for defaults first, a lot of people do not change them (or are even aware of WPS being enabled in the first place).

Title's a bit misleading, I clicked it expecting a some kind of a rpi+drone rig. This is still a drive-by, not a fly-by.

Agreed, I was hopeful to see some Wardroning ;)

I'm even surprised that he would be able to deauth and wait for the handshake given the speed of the motorcycle passing.

its really interesting how the evolution of small chips powers alot of new possibilities. (and possible threats, like this or drones etc)

combine rasperry pi + google glass + kinect + leap motion + myo and you could do a number of interesting things that wont make some kind of Iron Man suit look all that scifi ;)

I am obv. dreaming, but still, exciting times to be in as a software developer.

MYO + Google Glass alone looks like an interesting concept[1] (of course, snowboarding makes anything look cool.)

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

I would like to know more about his head mounted display, but Google isn't being helpful (or maybe I'm asking it the wrong questions). Anyone have any links?

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