A French-based company has found a backdoor in the Parrot AR Drones that could allow a malicious hacker to remotely hijacked the radio controlled flying quadcopter helicopter. Security researcher, Rahul Sasi claimed to have developed the first ever backdoor malware for system, dubbed Maldrone [MALware DRONE]. Maldrone can interact with the drone’s device drivers and sensors silently and allow the hacker to control the drone remotely. Maldrone could also be used to attack other drone makers as well.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/01/MalDrone-backdoor-drone-malware.html