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\’Dronejacking\’ may be the next big cyber threat
Drone: 監視や空撮、そして運搬など、ドローンの活用法は年々増えている。しかし需要が拡大するにつれ、こうしたドローンがサイバー攻撃者に乗っ取られる危険性が増加することを懸念する声も上がっている。
警戒すべき新たなサイバー攻撃
A big rise in drone use is likely to lead to a new wave of \”dronejackings\” by cybercriminals, security experts warned Nov. 29.
A report by Intel\’s McAfee Labs said hackers are expected to start targeting drones used for deliveries. As well as those used by law enforcement, camera crews and hobbyists.
\”Drones are well on the way to becoming a major tool for shippers, law enforcement agencies, photographers, farmers, the news media and more,\” said Intel Security\’s Bruce Snell, in the company\’s annual threat report.
Snell said the concept of dronejacking was demonstrated at a security conference last year. Here, researchers showed how someone could easily take control of a toy drone.
\”Although taking over a kid\’s drone may seem amusing and not that big of an issue, once we look at the increase in drone usage potential problems start to arise,\” he said.
The report noted that many consumer drones lack adequate security, which makes it easy for an outside hacker to take control.
Companies like Amazon and UPS are expected to use drones for package deliveries. This makes them potential targets for criminals, the report said.
もしドローンが乗っ取られたら…
\”Someone looking to \’dronejack\’ deliveries could find a location with regular drone traffic and wait for targets to appear,\” the report said.
\”Once a package delivery drone is overhead, the drone could be sent to the ground, allowing the criminal to steal the package.\”
The researchers said criminals may also look to steal expensive photographic equipment carried by drones. Or perhaps knock out surveillance drones used by law enforcement.
Intel said it expects to see dronejacking \”toolkits\” traded on \”dark web\” marketplaces in 2017.
\”Once these toolkits start making the rounds, it is just a matter of time before we see stories of hijacked drones showing up in the news,\” the report said.
Other predictions in the report included a decrease in so-called \”ransomware\” attacks as defences improve. However, a rise in attacks that enable cyber thieves to steal bank account or credit card information.
The report also noted that cybercriminals will begin using more sophisticated artificial intelligence or \”machine learning\” techniques and employ fake online ads.
サイバー攻撃、「ドローンジャック」の脅威
big rise – 急増・cybercriminals – サイバー犯罪者・law enforcement – 警察・hobbyists – 愛好家・are … way – 着々と進んでいる・shippers – 荷送人・threat report – 脅威に関する報告書・taking over – 〜を乗っ取る・amusing – 面白い・not … issue – さほど大きな問題ではない・potential problems – 潜在的な問題・arise – 起こる、発生する・noted – 〜を指摘した・consumer – 一般むけの、家庭用・lack – 〜を欠く・adequate – 適切な・UPS – アメリカの貨物運送会社・overhead – 頭上に・steal – 〜を盗む・look to – 〜しようと試みる・knock out – 〜を破壊する・surveillance drones – 偵察ドローン・traded on – 〜で取引される・dark web – 闇サイト・start … rounds – 出回り始める・a … time – 時間の問題・predictions – 予想・ransomware – パソコン内部に侵入し、正常にデータにアクセスできなようにして、元に戻すための対価として金銭を支払うよう要求するふせいプログラム・enable … to – 〜が…できるようにする・thieves – 泥棒・ bank account – 銀行預金口座・sophisticated – 高機能の・employ – 〜を用いる・
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