Vulnerabilities and Attacks Analysis for Military and Commercial IoT Drones

This Paper will explore the vulnerabilities that military and IoT commercial drones are exposed to in the wild and controlled environment. Drones have been used in military campaigns and this has seeped over to the commercial environment. Hobbyist are using commercial drones in higher percentages. Both military and commercial drones have vulnerabilities and are being attacked by attackers. These attackers are controlling drones or denying services to disable users from normal operations. These are attacks that target Confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA) in some form or another. Attacks on CIA, military or commercial, are prevalent and will continue to happen due to how drones communicate. Almost, all the vulnerabilities and exploits can be mitigated using the resources on the drone. An attack that cannot be protected against is a Zero-day attack however, we are able to mitigate it. This document explore the dangers present by some UAV's on the market and the exploitable aspects that these users may be prone to as well as how this may affect the drone operations for both military and commercial drones or what information can be gathered by the attacker while taking advantage of the exploits on the IoT device.