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Subject: DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops
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DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Dr=
ones
Posted: 29 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST
forbes.com
Even more embarrassing than a student discovering your GPS tracking device =
on his car, as the FBI found out last year, is having to ask him to give th=
e expensive piece of equipment back.So security researcher Brendan O=92Conn=
or is trying a different approach to spy hardware: building a sensor-equipp=
ed surveillance-capable computer that=92s so cheap it can be sacrificed aft=
er one use, with off-the-shelf parts that anyone can buy and assemble for l=
ess than fifty dollars.At the Shmoocon security conference Friday in Washin=
gton D.C., O=92Connor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or Ballistica=
lly-launched Object that Makes Backdoors. Built from just the hardware in a=
commercially-available PogoPlug mini-computer, a few tiny antennae, eight =
gigabytes of flash memory and some 3D-printed plastic casing, the F-BOMB se=
rves as 3.5 by 4 by 1 inch spy computer. And O=92Connor has designed the ch=
eap gadgets to dropped from a drone, plugged inconspicuously into a wall so=
cket, thrown over a barrier, or otherwise put into irretrievable positions =
to quietly collect data and send it back to the owner over any available Wi=
fi network. With PogoPlugs currently on sale at Amazon for $25, O=92Connor =
built his prototypes with gear that added up to just $46 each.=93If some ta=
rget is surrounded by bad men with guns, you don=92t want to have to retrie=
ve this, but you also don=92t want to have to pay four or five hundred doll=
ars for every use,=94 says O=92Connor. =93The idea is that it=92s as close =
to free as possible. So you can throw a bunch of these sensors at a target =
and get away with losing a couple nodes in the process.=94More...
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ng-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;vertical-align:baseline;word-=
wrap:break-word">Even more embarrassing than a student discovering your GPS=
tracking device on his car, <a href=3D"
http://www.wired.com/threatlev=
el/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/all/1" style=3D"background-attachment:initia=
l;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;background-image:ini=
tial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initial initial;backgrou=
nd-repeat:initial initial;border-bottom-width:0px;border-color:initial;bord=
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;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text=
-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" target=3D"_blank">as the FBI=
found out last year</a>, is having to ask him to give the expensive piece =
of equipment back.</div><div style=3D"background-attachment:initial;backgro=
und-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;background-image:initial;back=
ground-origin:initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat=
:initial initial;border-bottom-width:0px;border-color:initial;border-left-w=
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olor:black;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:18px;lin=
e-height:24px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;outline-c=
olor:initial;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;padding-bottom:0px;pad=
ding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;vertical-align:baseline;wor=
d-wrap:break-word">So security researcher Brendan O=92Connor is trying a di=
fferent approach to spy hardware: building a sensor-equipped surveillance-c=
apable computer that=92s so cheap it can be sacrificed after one use, with =
off-the-shelf parts that anyone can buy and assemble for less than fifty do=
llars.</div><div style=3D"background-attachment:initial;background-clip:ini=
tial;background-color:transparent;background-image:initial;background-origi=
n:initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial ini=
tial;border-bottom-width:0px;border-color:initial;border-left-width:0px;bor=
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ont-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:18px;line-height:24p=
x;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;outline-color:initial=
;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0p=
x;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break=
-word">At the Shmoocon security conference Friday in Washington D.C., O=92C=
onnor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or Ballistically-launched Obj=
ect that Makes Backdoors. Built from just the hardware in a commercially-av=
ailable PogoPlug mini-computer, a few tiny antennae, eight gigabytes of fla=
sh memory and some 3D-printed plastic casing, the F-BOMB serves as 3.5 by 4=
by 1 inch spy computer. And O=92Connor has designed the cheap gadgets to d=
ropped from a drone, plugged inconspicuously into a wall socket, thrown ove=
r a barrier, or otherwise put into irretrievable positions to quietly colle=
ct data and send it back to the owner over any available Wifi network. With=
PogoPlugs currently on sale at Amazon for $25, O=92Connor built his protot=
ypes with gear that added up to just $46 each.</div><div style=3D"backgroun=
d-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent;b=
ackground-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initi=
al initial;background-repeat:initial initial;border-bottom-width:0px;border=
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itial;border-top-width:0px;color:black;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roma=
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h:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px=
;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word">=93If some target is surroun=
ded by bad men with guns, you don=92t want to have to retrieve this, but yo=
u also don=92t want to have to pay four or five hundred dollars for every u=
se,=94 says O=92Connor. =93The idea is that it=92s as close to free as=
possible. So you can throw a bunch of these sensors at a target and get aw=
ay with losing a couple nodes in the process.=94</div><div style=3D"backgro=
und-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent=
;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:ini=
tial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;border-bottom-width:0px;bord=
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initial;border-top-width:0px;color:black;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Ro=
man', serif;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:=
0px;margin-right:0px;outline-color:initial;outline-style:initial;outline-wi=
dth:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0=
px;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word"><a href=3D"
http://www.forb=
es.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/27/darpa-funded-hackers-tiny-50-spy-comp=
uter-hides-in-offices-drops-from-drones/" target=3D"_blank">More...</a></di=
v></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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