David Hambling
Cyber attacks are now targeting drones in Ukraine. British company Periphery, specializing in military-grade threat management for Internet of Things devices, is providing expertise and software to protect Ukrainian drones from such threats,
Drone software is constantly updated. “Firmware 1001” which enables DJI quadcopters to operate in war conditions has been through more than 40 versions in two years. Any update could contain dangerous malware for which there was previously no defence -- but Periphery have the technology to stop it.
Software Sabotage
“We provide an easy-to-install, military-grade, lightweight software agent that can be embedded before or after production,” Toby Wilmington, Cofounder and CEO of Periphery, told me.
The technology monitors, understands, and adapts to new and emerging threats, communicating with central servers.
“Our technology uses our proprietary machine learning models to detect suspicious or confirmed malicious activity happening within a device,” says Wilmington.
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