"Using Electromagnetic Fault Injection Attacks to Take Over Drones"

IOActive researchers explored the development of fault injection attacks against hardened Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as the use of drones continues to increase. The researchers focused on executing code on a commercially available drone, supporting security features such as the use of signed and encrypted firmware, Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), and Secure Boot, through the use of non-invasive methods. The research aimed to achieve the goal by using electromagnetic (EM) side-channel attacks or EM fault injection (EMFI). They tested the attacks against DJI's Mavic Pro, one of the most popular quadcopter drones. This article continues to discuss the possibility of EMFI attacks on drones. 

Security Affairs reports "Using Electromagnetic Fault Injection Attacks to Take Over Drones"