Philips reveals code execution vulnerabilities in cardiovascular devices
ZDNet – Vulnerabilities have been discovered in multiple versions of Philips cardiovascular imaging devices. According to a security advisory from the US Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT, the first vulnerability, CVE-2018-14787, is a high-severity flaw which affects the Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular and Xcelera IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISCV) products.
Could Satellite Communication Systems (SATCOMs) be too Easy to Hack?
Asgardia – Satellite communication systems (SATCOMs) allow us to send and receive information from around the world; they are the power behind our internet, TVs, phones, radios, military operations, and more. Currently, there are over 2,000 communications satellites orbiting our planet, and as per the cybersecurity company IOActive, they are scarily easy to hack.
In-flight satellite comms vulnerable to remote attack, researcher finds
Naked Security – IOActive’s researcher Ruben Santamarta is the sort of person anyone interested in computer security would probably enjoy sitting next to on a long flight. Take the journey he made last November between Madrid and Copenhagen on Norwegian during which (naturally) he decided to use Wireshark to study the aircraft’s in-flight Wi-Fi.
IoT security: New AI, ML, 5G, WingOS, satcom risks identified
Internet of Business – Last week was a bad one for the cybersecurity sector, according to security experts at the DEF CON and Black Hat conferences. Chris Middleton rounds up the latest batch of reports. Cybersecurity companies’ reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is introducing new types of automated security risk, an industry insider has warned.
Black Hat hacker says he accessed ‘hundreds’ of aircraft already in the sky
Fox News – It sounds incredible: the ability to tap into a commercial airliner’s on-board systems as it flies thousands of meters over head. But a cyber expert is telling a security conference he’s managed to do just that — hundreds of times.