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Weaponizing Your Pets: WarKitteh & DoS Dog

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Plenty of businesses are working hard to combat hackers and protect their online assets these days. You can always learn more about hacking techniques by attending hacking conferences and talking with the experts. Gene Bransfield’s presentation on weaponizing pets is quite intriguing. Many folks use pet trackers to monitor their small friends and find them in case they get lost. Pet tracking collars often have a GPS device and a cellular component. If you add a WiFi sniffing device, you can start hacking wireless networks in your neighborhood, not that we suggest you should.

Shmoocon Firesides 2014 Weaponizing Your Pets War Kitteh and the Denial of Service Dog Gene @gbransf

DoS dog is a backpack loaded with a tool that could cause denial of service. Watch the above videos to get an idea what these projects are all about. You can find out more about these presentations on Defcon.

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