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New York Post – It sounds incredible: the ability to tap into a commercial airliner’s onboard systems as it flies thousands of feet overhead. But a cyber expert told a security conference he’s managed to do just that — hundreds of times.

Dark Reading – Researcher Ruben Santamarta shared the details of his successful hack of an in-flight airplane Wi-Fi network – and other findings – at Black Hat USA today. BLACK HAT USA – Las Vegas – Ruben Santamarta was flying from Madrid to Copenhagen in November 2017 on a Norwegian Airlines flight when he decided to inspect the plane’s Wi-Fi network security. So he launched Wireshark from his laptop and began monitoring the network.

The Washington Post – The White House is once again trying to show it’s taking Russian election interference seriously. But its latest effort appears to be a largely toothless one. My colleagues Shane Harris, Josh Dawsey and Ellen Nakashima reviewed a draft of an executive order that would authorize President Trump to sanction foreigners who interfere with U.S. elections. The draft is, of course, subject to change.

At Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, researcher says theoretical threat to ships, planes and military is ‘no longer theoretical’ The Guardian – The satellite communications that ships, planes and the military use to connect to the internet are vulnerable to hackers that, in the worst-case scenario, could carry out “cyber-physical attacks”, turning satellite antennas into weapons that operate, essentially, like microwave ovens.