SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTING VEHICLE INCLUDING A THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR FOR CARBONIZING HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL

• US 20130133044A1
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Roach, Kyle J., MORRISON, John S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,925,049 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/577 Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1433 Vulnerability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A system and method are provided for employing a hand-held wireless device to assess a vulnerability of a wirelessly-accessible target network to intrusion and/or cyber-attack. The system and method are directed at providing discrete, covert and fully-automated wireless access to the target network via one or more wireless access points and to assessing characteristic of the one or more wireless access points and the target network in support of a vulnerability assessment. The hand-held wireless device is configured to collect appropriate data regarding the wirelessly-accessible network, including network and portal scans, and higher-level programmed data collection. The hand-held wireless device is further configured to analyze the collected data and to produce at least a first level vulnerability assessment of the target network without interaction by the user.

Claims

1. A method for assessing vulnerabilities in a target network, comprising:

accessing the target wireless network via one or more wireless access points with a hand-held wireless device;

automatically scanning the target network to collect data on the target network with the hand-held wireless device;

storing the collected data in the hand-held wireless device;

analyzing the stored data to produce an assessment of a vulnerability of the target network to intrusion; and

outputting the results of the analysis is a usable format for a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein all of the accessing, automatically scanning, storing, analyzing and outputting are accomplished autonomously by the hand-held wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the hand-held wireless device automatically determines whether the one or more wireless access points are secure, and

when the hand-held wireless device determines that the one or more wireless access points is secure, the hand-held wireless device automatically attempts connection via the secure one or more wireless access points using common authentication protocols.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the common authentication protocols include a list of common authentication passwords.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is initiated on a manual signal from the user via a user interface in the hand-held wireless device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising automatically terminating the automatically scanning the target network and the storing the collected data based on at least one of a predetermined elapsed time from initiation of the method by the user and a predetermined data collection criterion being achieved.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the accessing, the automatically scanning and the storing are accomplished autonomously by the hand-held wireless device, and

the analyzing of the stored data and the outputting of the results are accomplished by a remote computing device communicating with the hand-held wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected data includes at least one of signal strengths and security implementations for the one or more wireless access points.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the collected data further includes at least one of packet collection and Wired Equivalent Privacy cracking.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the hand-held wireless device is one of a smartphone, a tablet and a PDA, and

the hand-held wireless device is a stand-alone device for performing all of the steps of the method.

19. The hand-held device of claim 1, wherein:

the output device outputs the stored data via a wired or wireless connection to a remote server, and

the remote server includes at least an analyzing device that analyzes the output stored data to produce an assessment of a vulnerability of the target network to intrusion.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute the method of claim 1.

11. A hand-held wireless device for assessing vulnerabilities in a target network, comprising:

an external data communication interface configured as a receiver for receiving wireless signals passively from one or more wireless access points via which the target network can be accessed;

a storage device;

a processor that that is configured to (1) direct a process for automatically scanning the target network, (2) collect data on at least one of the one or more wireless access points and the target network to support a vulnerability assessment, and (3) store the collected data in the storage devices; and

an output device that outputs the stored data to a user of the hand-held wireless device.

12. The hand-held wireless device of claim 11, further comprising an analyzing device that analyzes the stored collected data to produce an assessment of a vulnerability of the target network to intrusion.

14. The hand-held wireless device of claim 11, wherein the hand-held device is one of a smartphone, a tablet or a PDA.

15. The hand-held wireless device of claim 11, wherein:

the processor is further configured to determine whether the one or more wireless access points are secure, and

when the processor determines that the one or more wireless access points is secure, the processor further directs automatic attempts to connect via the secure one or more wireless access points using common authentication protocols.

16. The hand-held wireless device of claim 15, wherein:

the common authentication protocols include a list of common authentication passwords stored in the storage device, and

the processor directs the automatic attempts to connect via the secure one or more wireless networks by sequentially applying the common authentication passwords from the stored list.

17. The hand-held device of claim 11, further comprising a user interface by which the user provides a manual signal to the device to initiate the process.

18. The hand-held device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically terminate the process for the automatically scanning based on at least one of a predetermined elapsed time from initiation of the process by the user and a predetermined data collection criterion being achieved.

20. The hand-held device of claim 11, wherein the collected data includes at least one of signal strengths and security implementations for the one or more wireless access points.

21. The hand-held device of claim 20, wherein the collected data further includes at least one of packet collection and Wired Equivalent Privacy cracking.

22. The hand-held wireless device of claim 11, wherein the hand-held wireless device is a stand-alone device for autonomously performing all steps of data collection and analysis supporting the vulnerability assessment of the target network.

13. The hand-held wireless device of claim 13, wherein the output device further comprises a display device for locally displaying a result of the produced vulnerability assessment.