Tag: Airplanes
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Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Devices That Provide WiFi on Airplanes
Necrum Security Labs’ researchers Samy Younsi and Thomas Knudsen have discovered two critical vulnerabilities in the wireless LAN devices …
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Agencies Warn on Satellite Hacks & GPS Jamming Affecting Airplanes, Critical Infrastructure
In a warning to aviation authorities and air operators on Thursday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warned of satellite …
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US GOA Calls for Greater Cybersecurity for Commercial Airplanes
The US Government Accountability Office (GOA) has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to take action to better protect modern …
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A Critical Software Bug Turns an Airplane to the Wrong Way – Turned Right Instead of Left
Recently, security researchers have discovered a very distinct software bug that is marked as a very critical software bug, as it turns an …
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Airplane Hack Exposes Weaknesses of Alert and Avoidance Systems
The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can be coerced into sending an airplane on a …
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DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks
What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane’s electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the …
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Radio Tech Used to Hack Everything From Airplanes to Defibrillators
Earlier this year an experienced team of researchers at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences in Boston proved …
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The Dirtiest Place in an Airport Is Not in the Bathroom
There’s nothing worse than waking up the day after flying and realizing you caught a cold. Something about the public spaces, lack of …
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IoT Malware Discovered Trying to Attack Satellite Systems of Airplanes, Ships
BLACK HAT USA – Las Vegas – Ruben Santamarta was flying from Madrid to Copenhagen in November 2017 on a Norwegian Airlines flight when …
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Researcher Succesfully Hacked In-Flight Airplanes – From the Ground
It’s been four years since researcher Ruben Santamarta rocked the security world with his chilling discovery of major vulnerabilities in …
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Airplanes Vulnerable to Hacking, Says U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Researchers have been able to successfully demonstrate a commercial aircraft can be remotely hacked. Calvin Biesecker reporting in Avionics …
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