The Next Wave of Botnets Could Descend from the Skies

September 8, 2011 | Source: Technology Review
Flying bot

The SkyNet drone, built from a toy quadricopter and a small computer (Credit: Stevens Institute of Technology)

Stevens Institute of Technology researchers have demonstrated low-cost remote-controlled drones that could create and control a botnet —- a network of compromised computers — automatically detecting and compromising wireless networks.