Thread: cRio + Metasploit = :D
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Re: cRio + Metasploit = :D
Where the Metasploit bit gets really interesting is the ability to reboot systems without authentication. With the amount of stuff that uses vx-works to run it is a little worrying what could possibly be done if someone hacked into a network.

A few wikipedia examples:

Robots
BMW iDrive
787 and 747-8 Planes
WRT54G Router
Apache Longbow Attack Helicopter
Lots of spacecraft.

Someone with the wrong motives could add something to get into a network (say of an Apache) and reboot it putting its operators or others in danger.
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