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TechTimes – Boeing may be in for another round of legal woes after a leaked code hinted at possible security flaws in the 787 Dreamliner’s system. Ruben Santamarta claimed that he discovered issues in the jet airliner’s Crew Information Service/Maintenance System (CIS/MS), which could leave its multi-tiered network vulnerable to cyber attacks.

WIRED – Safecrackers of the past put a stethoscope to a safe’s panel while turning its dial, listening for the telltale murmurs of the interlocking components inside. It turns out that modern safecracking, despite all its electronic upgrades, isn’t so different.

PC Mag – The Las Vegas sun has set on another Black Hat, and the myriad of hacks, attacks, and vulnerabilities it brings. We had high expectations this year, and were not disappointed. We were even occasionally surprised. Here’s all the great and terrifying things we saw.

Business Times – A security expert has exposed what could be some serious security flaws within the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s network components. The new exposé alleged that the planes in question represented potential exploitation of hackers.

SecurityWeek – The issues were found by analyzing firmware that was exposed online last year from a publicly accessible Boeing server. In addition to firmware on the Crew Information System/Maintenance System (CIS/MS) and Onboard Networking System (ONS) for the Boeing 787 and 737 models, the server also leaked a Linux-based Virtual Machine engineers use to access part of the Boeing’s network.