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WASP: The Linux-powered flying spy drone that cracks Wi-Fi & GSM netwokrs

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 30, 2011

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“If you happen to see this yellow drone flying above your
neighborhood you’d be right to be concerned. WASP is equipped with
the tools to crack Wi-Fi network passwords made possible by an
on-board VIA EPIA Pico-ITX PC running BackTrack Linux equipped with
32GB of storage to record information. BackTrack offers a full
suite of digital forensics and penetration testing tools making it
a good fit for this setup.

“WASP can also act as a GSM network antenna meaning it will be
able to eavesdrop on calls/text messages made over that network by
any phone deciding to connect through it.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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