A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep in a 787’s Guts
WIRED – Late one night last September, security researcher Ruben Santamarta sat in his home office in Madrid and partook in some creative googling, searching for technical documents related to his years-long obsession: the cybersecurity of airplanes.
Boeing 787 On-Board Network Vulnerable to Remote Hacking, Researcher Says
Dark Reading – IOActive industrial cybersecurity expert Ruben Santamarta last fall discovered an Internet-exposed Boeing Co. server housing firmware specifications for the aviation manufacturer’s 787 and 737 airplane networks.
Exclusive: High-security locks for government and banks hacked by researcher
Reuters – Hackers could crack open high-security electronic locks by monitoring their power, allowing thieves to steal cash in automated teller machines, narcotics in pharmacies and government secrets, according to research to be presented Friday at the annual Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas.
The Growing Threat of Drones
ICS Cyber Security Conference – UK environmental activists known as Extinction Rebellion (ER) are threatening to protest the development of a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport by flying drones right to the edge of the airport’s exclusion zone.
Europe’s Weeklong Satellite Outage Is Over—But Still Serves as a Warning
Wired – Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system largely regained service Thursday, a full week after a mass outage began on July 11. The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, known as GSA, said that commercial users would start to see coverage returning, but that there might be “fluctuations” in the system.
IOActive Becomes a Founding Provider for New Framework from Open Compute Project Foundation to Improve Data Center and Cloud Security Posture