Satellite Communications Hacks Are Real, and They’re Terrifying
PCmag – A researcher at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas revealed new attacks that can take control of SATCOM devices. Hackers could remotely attack planes, boats, and military tech, sending high-powered transmissions to fry electronics and biological tissue.
Dark Reading News Desk Live at Black Hat USA 2018
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Flaw in Some Satellite Communication Terminals Can Expose US Troops’ Location
Defense One – Vulnerabilities in certain brands of communications terminals can be used to access GPS data on forward-deployed troops. LAS VEGAS — Some satellite communication terminals that the military uses in forward-deployed locations are highly vulnerable to a pervasive flaw, according to researchers with cybersecurity company IOActive.
Security flaws let hackers hit in-flight and at sea WiFi
AXIOS – Multiple deployed satellite communications (SATCOM) products have security flaws, according to IOActive researcher Ruben Santamarta, who will present research in the field Wednesday at the cybersecurity conference Black Hat.
Black Hat Talk Reveals How Embedded Systems Expose Airlines to Risk
Security firm IOActive is set to disclose multiple vulnerabilities in the embedded systems used for satellite communications and in-flight WiFi, revealing the larger challenge of supply chain risk. eWEEK – LAS VEGAS—Multiple systems on modern airliners are potentially at risk from a series of vulnerabilities that are being publicly discussed here at Black Hat USA and Defcon by researchers from IOActive.
IOActive Becomes a Founding Provider for New Framework from Open Compute Project Foundation to Improve Data Center and Cloud Security Posture