Security News > 2020 > July > Researchers discover how to pinpoint the location of a malicious drone operator

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have determined how to pinpoint the location of a drone operator who may be operating maliciously or harmfully near airports or protected airspace by analyzing the flight path of the drone.

"Currently, drone operators are located using RF techniques and require sensors around the flight area which can then be triangulated," says lead researcher Eliyahu Mashhadi, a BGU computer science student.

The researchers trained a deep neural network to predict the location of drone operators, using only the path of the drones, which does not require additional sensors.

"Our system can now identify patterns in the drone's route when the drone is in motion, and use it to locate the drone operator" Mashhadi says.

When tested in simulated drone paths, the model was able to predict the operator location with 78% accuracy.

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